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Art. V. Descriptions a7id Engravings of Select Varieties 

 of Apples. By the Editor. 



Owing to a typographical error in our last volume, (XV, 

 p. 536,) the enumeration of the number of varieties which 

 we have described and figured, should have read thirty-four 

 instead of twenty-four. We now correct the mistake, which 

 was overlooked in our last article in the present volume^ 

 p. 64. 



XL. Gravenstein. Pom. Magazine, Vol. Ill, p. 98. 



The Gravenstein {fig. 33,) is one of the finest apples 

 which has been introduced into American Collections. In 

 England it is esteemed " an apple of great merit, and one 

 which should be found in all good gardens." It has been 

 figured in the Transactions of the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and in the Pomological Magazine, as above quoted, 

 from which we gather the following account of its history : 



The name is supposed to be derived from its having been 

 originally found in the garden of a castle called Grafenstein, 

 in Holstein, to which it is said to have been introduced from 

 Italy. 



The German authors, Hirschfeld, Christ, and Mayer, de- 

 scribe a variety as the Gravensteiner, but the authors of the 

 Magazine consider it extremely doubtful whether it is the 

 same as the Gravenstein of the English, and therefore do not 

 quote the synonyms. Mayer expressly states that it is the 

 same as the Calville Blanche d'Hiver. 



The Gravenstein, in our climate, is an early fall apple, 

 ripening with the Porter, and is generally gone by the end 

 of October. At this season it is scarcely surpassed by any 

 other variety. Its crisp and tender flesh, its abundant juice, 

 and its peculiarly high and refreshing flavor, place it among 

 the very best autumn apples. Lindley states that it will keep 

 tfll April, which may possibly be the case in Great Britain, 

 but not in our climate. 



The tree is a vigorous and healthy grower, an abundant 



