102 BEITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



very good for the dessert. It bakes beautifully, and has a fine and plea- 

 sant acid ; it is in use from November to February. 

 The tree is hardy and an excellent bearer. 



156. GRAVENSTEIN.— Hort. 



Identification — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 297. Lind. Guide, 71. Hort. Trans, 

 vol. iv. p. 216. Fors. Treat. 104. Down. Fr. Amer. 85. 



Synonymes. — Grave Slije, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. Sabine, of the Flemings, I/jmI. 

 Gi-afensteiner, Diel Kernohst. viii. 8. Sickler Obstgdrt. xxi. 116. 



Figures. — Hort. Trans, vol. iv. t. 21. Pom. Mag. t. 98. Ron. Pyr . Mai. pi. x. f. 1 . 



Fruit, above the medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and 

 tliree quarters high ; roundish, irregular, and angular on the sides, the 

 ribs of which extend from the base even to the eye. Skin,, smooth, 

 clear pale waxen-yellow, streaked and dotted with lively crimson, in- 

 termixed with orange, on the side next the sun. Eye, large and open, 

 with long segments, which are a little reflexed, and set in an irregu- 

 lar, angular, and knobbed basin, which is sometimes lined with fine 

 delicate russet, and dotted round the margin with minute russety dots. 

 Stalk, very short, but sometimes three quarters of an inch long, set 

 in a deep and angular cavity. Flesh, white, crisp, very juicy, with a 

 rich, vinous, and powerful aromatic flavor ; and if held up between the 

 eye and the light, with the hand placed on the margin of the basin of the 

 eye, it exhibits a transparency like porcelain. 



This is a very valuable apple of the first quality, and is equally desira- 

 ble either for the dessert or culinary purposes ; it is in use from October 

 to December. 



The tree is hardy, a vigorous and healthy grower, and generally a good 

 bearer. It has somewhat of a pyramidal habit of growth, and attains a 

 considerable size. 



Though not of recent introduction, this beautiful and excellent apple 

 is comparatively but little known, otherwise it would be more generally 

 cultivated. It is one of the favorite apples of Germany, particularly 

 about Hamburgh, and in Ilolstein, where it is said to have originated in 

 the garden of the Duke of Augustenberg, at the Castle of Grafenstein. 

 The original tree is said to have been in existence about the middle of 

 the last century. According to Diel some suppose it to be of Italian 

 origin. 



157. GREEN TIFFING.— H. 



Synonyme. — Mage's Johnny, m Lancashire. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half high, and about the same 

 in width ; conical, rounded at the base, and somewhat angular and 

 ribbed on the sides and round the eye. Skin, smooth, green at first, 

 but changing as it ripens to yellowish-green ; next the sun it is quite 

 yellow, strewed with minute russety dots, and a few dots of red. Eye, 

 small and closed, set in a shallow basin, and surrounded with prominent 

 plaits. Stalk, short, inserted in a rather deep ca\'ity. Flesh, white, crisp, 

 tender, very juicy, and pleasantly acid. 



