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deep cavity. Flesh white, very tender, juicy, rather acid for some 

 palates, but of pleasant flavor. Excellent for cooking. A very 

 strong erect grower, hardy and productive. October and No- 

 vember. 



Gkavexstein. 



Gkavenstein. This apple is more cosmopolitan than any other 

 within my knowledge. That local character which attaches to 

 nearly all varieties of the apple, and by which their desirableness, 

 whether in regard to hardihood, or thrift, or quality, or production, 

 is confined within moderate limits, sometimes to very narrow ones, 

 seems to attach in a very slight degree, if at all, to the Graven- 

 stein. Like the Green Gage among plums, it seems to be at home 

 and to give general satisfaction wherever it is cultivated. It is a 

 native of Germany, and is considered the best of northern Europe, 

 and I know of no section of this country where it does not take a 

 high rank, and by many is esteemed the very best autumn apple. > 

 Fruit large, rather flattened and a little angular. Skin yellow, 

 streaked and dashed with bright red and orange. Flesh tender, 

 crisp, very juicy and high flavored. September and October. ' The 

 tree is of thrifty and vigorous growth, and productive. In regard 

 to hardiness, Mr. A. Cushman, of Golden Ridge, Aroostook county, 

 showed it to me in his orchard as healthy and sound as any. He 



