THE SEBAS TOPOL GRAVENSTEIN APPLE SHOW. 



By Geo. P. Weldon, Chief Deputy State Commissioner of Horticulture. 



Sebastopol has become famous, not only in California, but through- 

 out the apple-growing sections of the United States, because of her 

 annual Gravenstein show, thus furnishing a splendid illustration of 

 what enterprise and united effort will do toward building up the repu- 

 tation of a community. 



The Gravenstein. 



This one variety has been responsible for much of "the fame that has 

 come to the section of California adjacent to Sebastopol where it is 

 grown, not necessarily because this particular variety of apple is the 

 best that there is, but because it has been grown extensively. Instead of 

 a great many varieties, we find this to be the one which is grown almost 

 exclusively, and as a consequence such splendid shows as the one recently 



Fig. 366.- — Prize winning box of Graven- 

 stein apples, Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple 

 Show. ( Original. ) 



held are possible, and not only is this true, but it also follows that a 

 good market is assured. The Sebastopol section is adapted to the 

 growing of this splendid apple ; there it seems to be in its element, and 

 an intelligent community has taken advantage of this fact, uniting 

 their efforts towards the production and perfection of this one variety. 



