. The Burbank seed book / Luther Burbank Nursery Catalogue. \ \ Neiv Apple, Wmierstein s 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 fr
. The Burbank seed book / Luther Burbank Nursery Catalogue. \ \ Neiv Apple, Wmierstein s 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, a
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