The plums of New York

by U. P. Hedrick

Goldsmith. Domestica. Mentioned in Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147. 1831.

Goldsmith’s Vienna.

Gondin. Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 432. 1889.

Pflaume Von Gondin. Prune de Gondin.

Gonne. Domestica. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 6:15, Pl. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 917. 1869. 3. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 409. 1881.

Gonne’s Rothe Pflaume 3. Prune Gonne 1. Prune Gonne 2.

Originated by Dr. Gonne of Fleurus, Belgium. Oberdieck gives the Gonne’s Rothe Pflaume, which is evidently the same variety, as a seedling of the Red Egg. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, obovate, sometimes spherical; suture shallow to deep; carmine-red, dotted with russet; flesh yellow, juicy, melting, sweet; the pit lies in a large cavity, nearly free; mid-season.

Goose-Dye. Species? 1. Kerr Cat. 11. 1900.

A supposed hybrid between the Wild Goose plum and Dyehouse cherry grown by Theodore Williams. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit larger than Wild Goose, oval, cherry-red; clingstone; mid-season; said to be free from rot.

Goose-O. Munsoniana × Triflora. 1. Kerr Cat. 11. 1900.