Goldbordirte Holzbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:196. 1856.
Classed by Dochnahl among varieties of special character. The tree has its leaves bordered with gold. Fruit small; flesh firm, insipid.
Golden Bell. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 43. 1866.
A seedling fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., in 1862. Tree prolific. Fruit medium, pyriform, golden-yellow; flesh fine, with good flavor; Sept.
Golden Beurré of Bilboa. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 177. 1832. 2. Hovey Fr. Am. 1:99, Pl. 1851.
Beurré Doré de Bilboa. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:351, fig. 1867.
Imported to this country from Bilboa, Spain, in 1821 by J. Hooper, Marblehead, Mass. Fruit medium to large, obovate-pyriform, golden-yellow, speckled evenly with small, brown dots, and slightly marked with russet; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, very buttery, vinous and excellent flavor; first; Sept.
Golden June. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920.
Originated with Joe Houghlin, near Bloomfield, Ky., and introduced by Sunny Slope Nursery, Hannibal, Mo. Tree reported about 75 years old. Fruit said to have a small core, to be delicious and to ripen about June 20th.
Golden Knap. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 587. 1884.