494 Descriptions and Engravings of 



bearer, and the fruit is always remarkably fair and hand- 

 some. 



Size, large, about three inches broad, and two and a 

 half deep : Form, roundish, broadest near the base, which 

 is little flattened, and narrowing to the crown, which is 

 large, and slightly depressed : Skin, fair, smooth, with a 

 greenish yellow ground, distinctly streaked and pencilled 

 with pale red, and lightly splashed with crimson, deepest 



Fig. 33. Gravenstein. 



on the sunny side : Stem, very short, less than half an inch 

 long, moderately stout, and deeply inserted in a medium 

 sized, somewhat uneven cavity : Eye, large, closed, and mod- 

 erately sunk in a large, open, and furrowed basin ; segments 

 of the calyx, large, broad at their base, and woolly : Flesh, 

 yellowish white, rather coarse, crisp and tender : Juice, 

 abundant, rich, subacid, sprightly, and high flavored : Core, 

 rather small, closed : Seeds, medium size, light colored. 

 Ripe in September and October. 



