1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



45 



GRAVENSTEIN. 



SECTION OF GRAVEN STEIN. 



pomologist, who in 1788 wrote the first description of the apple, 

 brought to Germany from Italy. The earliest trace of this apple 

 to about 1760. It is now widely grown in Western Europe, and is 



TREE: very vigorous, hardy r.nd productive. 



FRUIT : large to 



very large; form ,^^SR 



oblate conical, 

 somewhat one-sided 

 and more or less 

 pentagonal ; skin 

 greenish yellow to 

 orange, beautifully 

 striped and splash- 

 ed with two shades 

 of red; stem stout, 

 about half an inch 

 in length, set in a 

 deep, narrow cav- 

 ity; calyx partially 

 closed, wide, long 

 segments set in a 

 wide, irregular 

 slightly russet 

 basin. 



FLESH: yellowish 

 white; texture, 

 crisp and very 

 juicy; flavor rich, 

 vinous and aro- 

 matic. 



QUALITY: dessert, 

 very good ; cook- 

 ing, good. 



VALUE: home 

 market, first class; 

 foreign market, 

 first class. 



SEASON: Septem- GRAVENSTET*. 



ber and October. 



ADAPTATION: general in the best apple sections. 



A favorite com- 

 mercial apple in 

 Nova Scotia, but 

 a 1 t o g e ther too 

 little cultivated 

 in Ontario, con- 

 sidering its many 

 excel lent char- 

 acteristics. 



ORIGIN : accord- 

 ing to Hogg, the 

 original tree grew 

 in the garden of 

 the Duke of 

 Augustenberg, at 

 the Castle of 

 Graufenstein in 

 Schleswig - Hoi- 

 stein in Germany, 

 and was still 

 standing about 

 the year 1850. 

 Leroy inclines to 

 accept a state- 

 ment by Hirsch- 

 felt, a German 

 and stated that it was 

 we can find dates back 

 a favorite everywhere. 



