this report has been filed here:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/489378

"The "Notes" fields from Google address books are not synced with Evolution address books. All notes fields appear blank when synced to Evolution, and they are not editable in Evolution.

1) Create a gmail account.
2) Open gmail contacts.
3) Import or add some contacts, and fill in some text data to some "Notes" fields.
4) Open Evolution
5) Click "New" -> Address Book
6) Select Google for "Type"
7) Imput your gmail account username
8) When prompted, enter your password
9) Allow your contacts to sync
10) Click on "Contacts" in Evolution
11) Select the address book for your gmail account
12) Select a contact for which you added note data in Gmail
13) notice that you cannot view the note data
14) Select any contact
15) notice that you cannot type in the notes field of that contact in evolution."

Thanks,