. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1905. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. A NOVA SCOTIA APPLE. '75 The Gravenstein Apple in Ontario LINUS WOOLVERTON, GRIMSBY, ONT. ' I "^HIS famous German apple is a univer- 1 sal favorite. The excellence of its flesh, its beautiful and attractive exterior, its abundant productiveness, and its large size all combine to miake it the very best apple of its season. It is not a very old apple. The first description of it was written about TOO years ago by a German pomologist, and about 1850 it is said the original tree was still standing in the garden of
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1905. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. A NOVA SCOTIA APPLE. '75 The Gravenstein Apple in Ontario LINUS WOOLVERTON, GRIMSBY, ONT. ' I "^HIS famous German apple is a univer- 1 sal favorite. The excellence of its flesh, its beautiful and attractive exterior, its abundant productiveness, and its large size all combine to miake it the very best apple of its season. It is not a very old apple. The first description of it was written about TOO years ago by a German pomologist, and about 1850 it is said the original tree was still standing in the garden of the Duke of Augustenberg, at the castle of Grafenstein. in Schleswifr-Holstein. Gravenstein Trees in Bloom. The apple is widely grown in western Europe as an early fall market apple, and it is this apple that has made the Annapolis Valk}-. in Nova Scotia, famous; so much so, that many people suppose there is no place equal to it for apple culture. As a matter of fact this apple can be produced in Ontario quite as perfect, and possibly larger in size than in the Annapoli's Valley, and it is a mystery why our apple growers have not planted themi. Very seldom do we find an orchard of the Gravenstein in Ontario, and indeed rarely do we find even single trees of this excellent apple. The illustration shows a row of trees of this variety, now about 50 years of age, growing on the experimental grounds of the writer. No trees on the place are as beautiful in bloomdng season as these; the great, pure white blossoms throw all other varieties into the shade, and attract the ladies in search of floral decorations. The fruit makes the most delicious sauce, and the very best of apple pies,; while for a com- mercial variety it is unexcelled. The fruit is clean and uniform in size, and it com- mands the highest price in the British mar- kets. Pears in an Apple Orchard D. JAMES, LANGSTAFF, ONT. I HAVE only about 20 or 22 pear trees planted in and about my apple or- chard. They were p
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