Apples. 



201 



Gabriel. Size medium, roundish-ovate, regular ; striped and splash 

 ed with pale red on yellow ; stalk slender ; calyx and basin 

 small ; flesh yellowish, sub-acid, of excellent flavor. 



GRAVENSTEIN. Rather large, roundish, slightly oblate, obtusely 

 and obscurely ribbed, surface a little wavy ; striped and splashed 

 with bright red on a yellow ground ; stalk three-quarters of an 

 inch long ; cavity rather deep ; calyx large ; basin deep, narrow ; 

 flesh tender, juicy, very rich, sub-acid or rather acid, high fla- 

 vored. Mid-autumn. Productive, handsome, and excellent. Fine 

 in all localities. Shoots strong, becoming smooth and shining, 

 ascending. German. 



Fig. 250. Gravenstein. 



Hurlbut. Size medium, oblate, conic ; yellow striped with red ; 

 stalk small ; cavity large ; basin shallow ; flesh white, crisp, ten- 

 der, with a mild sub-acid flavor. Conn. 



Jefferson County. Medium, roundish, regular ; striped and shaded 

 red on yellow ; cavity deep ; calyx small ; basin deep, smooth ; 

 flesh crisp, tender, with a very good mild sub-acid flavor. Late 

 autumn. Tree vigorous, productive. Jefferson co., N. Y. 



Jeffries. Medium or rather large ; round oblate ; yellow, red, and 

 deep red, striped ; stalk very short, slender ; cavity and basin 



