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1 T has often been said that if the Gravenstein lasted through the season no other 

 apple need be raised. Other apples do not sell readily during the Gravenstein 

 ] season. Its seedlings, however, very rarely even approach in any manner its com- 

 bination of good qualities, and the one which I now offer is not in some respects as good, 

 but is much better in others, it is therefore introduced after severe tests, fully believing 

 that it will prove a great acquisition in many places, not all, for no fruit, so far, has 

 ever been known which would. 



One of its most valuable points is that it ripens, with Baldwin and Rhode Island 

 Greening, several weeks after Gravenstein; but in addition to this it is a much more 

 prolific bearer, never failing to produce heavy crops and at the same time makes a 

 growth fully as strong as Gravenstein. 



The general form and average size of the fruit is well represented by the above 

 cut which was made by the "Rural New Yorker" from a specimen sent to Mr. E. S. Car- 

 man two years ago. I cannot more faithfully describe it than to quote his impressions 

 of it as given in the "Rural New Yorker" at the time: 



A Promising New Apple. 



"We are wondering whether the horticultural and pomological work that Luther 

 Burbank, of Santa Rosa, Cal., has done, is doing and may do, will ever be adequately ap- 

 preciated. One thing is certain, viz.: that the work he has already done is by no means 

 appreciated. His latest success, and it seems to the writer, one of his most valuable 

 successes, is an apple — a seedling of Gravenstein, a specimen of which he sent to us, 

 and which we received October 27th. We wrote as follows under date of October 17th: 



" 'By this mail I send you a medium sample of my new Gravenstein seedling, six 

 weeks later than its parent, ripening exactly with the Baldwin and Rhode Island 

 Greening. The tree is a grand grower, and as productive as an apple can possibly be. 

 1 think the quality, tenderness and texture remarkable.' 



"The apple, a half section of which is shown at Fig. 357, was slightly shriveled 

 when it was received. The flesh is yellowish, exceedingly tender, spicy, rich, sub-acid. 

 It has a flavor all its own, and we do think, taking it all and all, that we have never 

 eaten an apple that more nearly approaches all that we need ever hope to get in an 

 apple. In appearance and coloring, we may say in a word that it resembles the Ben 

 Davis. 



"How well this new-comer will thrive away from its native home, only years of 

 trial can demonstrate. What it is in its native home Mr. Burbank has told us in a few 

 words, and he is one who studiously avoids undue praise for his 'new creations.' " 



This is the first apple of my own origination which has ever been sent out, though 

 apples, plums, berries and various seeds and flowers have sometimes been offered under 

 my name without consulting the party most likely to be interested in the matter. 

 Grafting wood, per foot, $1; three feet, $2; five feet, $3; ten feet, $5. 



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