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streaked with broken dashes of deeper red. Juice not 

 plentiful, but saccharine, of a slight aromatic flavour. 



A good and handsome dessert apple from October 

 till Christmas. 



138. GRAVENSTEIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 216 

 and 523. t.21. Pom. Mag. i.^. 



Fruit large, about three inches and a half in diameter, 

 broadest at the base, generally flattened, sometimes rather 

 oblong, with angles which terminate in the crown. Eye 

 rather wide, sunk in a deep hollow, surrounded by se- 

 veral projecting folds or knobs. Stalk very short, deeply 

 inserted. Skin smooth, of a clear yellowish green or 

 straw colour, streaked and mottled with red on the sunny 

 side. Flesh pale yellow, crisp, with a high-flavoured 

 vinous juice. 



A dessert apple, ripening in the autumn, but will keep 

 till April, and may be reckoned a rival to our Ribston 

 Pippin. 



It is supposed to have originated at Gravenstein, in 

 Holstein, nearly a century ago, and is esteemed the best 

 apple in Germany and the Low Countries. The fruit 

 was first exhibited at the Horticultural Society in 1819. 



139. HANWELL SOURING. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. 

 p. 219. 



Fruit middle-sized, conical, very angular on the sides. 

 Eye deeply sunk in a contracted basin. Stalk short, 

 very deeply inserted in a wide, even cavity. Skin green, 

 with a blush of red where exposed, profusely spotted 

 with minute brown spots, and a little russetted round 

 the stalk. Flesh white, very crisp, with a rich acid juice. 



This apple is scarcely in perfection till April or May, 

 and then possesses more acid than any other which 

 keeps to so late a period. 



It is supposed to have originated at Hanwell, near 

 Banbury, in Oxfordshire. Fruit of it were exhibited 

 at the Horticultural Society in May, 1 820. 



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