1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



43 



GRAVENSTEIN. 



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Sectiox of Gkavexstein. 

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



Tkee : much more vigoroii? in trmutli 

 thanordinaryvarietips.aiiil Avhen ill 

 bloom remarkably l>c;iinil'iil 

 with its extraordiriarv sized 



purewhiteblossoms: har<iy ^ i ■ 



and productive. ^<'' 



Fruit : large to v 

 large ; form oblate (•< 

 cal, somewhat one-s 

 ed and more or 

 less pentagonal ; 

 skin greenish yel- 

 low to orange, 

 beautifully strip- 

 ed and splashed 

 with two shades 

 of red ; stem stout, 

 about half an inch 

 in length, set in a 

 deep, narrow cav- 

 ity ; calyx par- 

 tially closed, wide 

 long segments set 

 in a wide irregu- 

 lar, slightly russet 

 basin. 



Flesh : white ; 

 texture crisp and 

 very juicy ; flavor 

 rich, vinous and 

 aromatic. 



Quality : des- 

 sert, very good ; 

 cooking, good. 



Value : home mar 

 ket, first class ; forei|, 

 market, first class. 



Season : September and Octo- 

 ber. 



Adaptation : general in the best apple sections 



A favorite commer- 

 cial apple in Nova 

 Scotia, but altogether 

 too little cultivated in 

 Ontario, considering 

 its many excellent 

 characteristics. It has 

 no competitor in its 

 season foreither home 

 use or market. 



Origin : according 

 to Hogg, the original 

 I tree grew in the gar- 

 \ den of the Duke of 

 ; Augustenberg, at the 

 • Castle of Graufenstein 

 I in Schleswig-Holstein 

 •' in Germany, and was 

 still standing about 

 the year 1850. Leroy 

 inclines to accept a 

 statement by Hirsch- 

 felt, a German pomo- 

 logist, who in 1788 

 wrotethefirst descrip- 

 tion of the apple, and 

 stated that it was 

 brought to Germany 

 from Italy. The earli- 

 est trace of this apple 

 we can find, dates 

 and is a favorite everywhere. 



Mt- 



Gravenstein. 



