THE APPLE. 



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Grange's Pearmain. 

 Grange's Pippin. 



An English culinary Apple. Tree hardy, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish conical, yellow, with broken stripes of red. 

 Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, brisk pleasant acid. November, 

 February. (Hogg.) 



Graniwinkle. 



Originated in one of the eastern counties of New Jersey. Tree vig- 

 orous, upright, spreading, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish, slightly conical, yellowish, shaded with 

 light red, and striped and splashed with a deeper shade. Flesh white, 

 fine-grained, juicy, moderately tender, rich pleasant honeyed sweet. 

 Core small. Very good. Valuable for stock, cider, or for cooking. 

 October to December. 



Granite Beauty. 

 Aunt Dorcas. Grandmother's Apple. Clothes-yard Apple. 



Origin, on the farm of Z. Breed, Weare, N. H. Tree hardy, vigor- 

 ous, upright, spreading. An annual bearer. Young wood light reddish 

 brown, slightly downy. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblong, largest at the centre, and 

 narrowing toward stalk and calyx, uneven surface, or obscurely ribbed. 

 Skin somewhat oily. Color pale yellow, mostly overspread, striped, 

 splashed, and mottled with two shades of red, brown dots. Stalk short, 

 slender. Cavity uneven, or ribbed, acute. Calyx closed. Segments 

 short, erect. Basin medium, corrugated. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, 

 mild pleasant subacid. Core large, open. Good to very good. Decem- 

 ber to February. 



Granny Earle. 



Fruit small, roundish oval, green, striped and splashed with red. 

 Flesh white, crisp, tender. Very good. November, January. (Hov. 

 Mag.) 



Gravenstein. 

 Grave Slije. 



A superb-looking German Apple, which originated at Gravenstein in 

 Holstein, and is thought one of the finest apples of the North of Eu- 

 rope. It fully sustains its reputation here, and is, unquestionably, a 

 fruit of first-rate quality. Tree very vigorous, spreading, forming a 

 large, broad head. Very productive. An early bearer. Young wood 

 reddish brown. 



Fruit large, rather flattened, and a little one-sided or angular, broad- 

 est at the base. Stalk quite short and strong, deeply set. Calyx large, 

 closed, in a wide, deep, rather irregular basin. Segments long, irregu- 

 lar, recurved. Skin greenish yellow at first, but becoming bright yel- 

 low, and beautifully dashed and pencilled, and marbled with light and 



