GRANGE'S PEARMAIN. Culinary or dessert, till 

 May, rather large, 3j by 2f, round, a little flattened, 

 tapering to eye. Colour, grass-green, fading to yellow 

 with dull red flush and broken stripes. Flesh, pale 

 yellow, crisp, very juicy, with good flavour. Skin, 

 slightly rough. Eye, closed, in a round, moderately 

 shallow, slightly ribbed basin, which is generally a little 

 russet ed. Stem, moderately long, in a rather wide 

 russet cavity. Growth, rather upright ; fertility, good. 

 Leaf, dark, slightly upheld, upward cupped, undulated, 

 medium, oval, serrate. Origin, according to Hogg, 

 this was raised by a Mr. James Grange, of Kingsland, 

 Middlesex, probably early in the nineteenth century. 

 It was I think introduced by Messrs. Dickson, of 

 Chester. This is a much neglected fruit. There are 

 few apples which keep better and retain their crisp 

 juicy flesh in the spring and it is probably the nearest 

 approach we have to Newt own Pippin. 



GRANTONIAN. Culinary, till March, medium, 

 3 by 2j, flat, conical, irregular. Colour, pale yellowish- 

 green with brownish flush. Flesh, firm, greenish- 

 white, sub-acid. Eye, closed, in a shallow ribbed 

 basin. Stem, short, stout, in a shallow cavity. Growth, 

 vigorous, upright ; fertile. Leaf, oval, long, upfolded, 

 lax, shallow crenate. Origin, introduced by Messrs. 

 Pearson & Son, Nottingham, Now little cultivated. 



Grauer Rabau : see Reinette Grise. 



GRAVENSTEIN. Her. Pom., 39. (Blumen Calvill, 

 Diel's Sommer Konig, Grafenapfel, Ohio Nonpareil, 

 Paradies.) Dessert or culinary, October to December, 

 medium, 3 by 2j, rounded square, irregular. Flesh, 

 crisp, yellowish-white, extremely juicy, of most distinct 

 flavour. Eye, closed in a deep ribbed basin. Stem, 

 short, thick in a large deep cavity. Growth, moderate ; 

 fertile. Leaf, medium, rather dark, upfolded, finely 

 serrate. Origin, said to have been found at the Castle 

 of Grafenstein, in Schleswig-Holstein. Introduced 

 about 1760. A good dessert apple. Its fragrant 



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