. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 22. Gravenstein. (XVa) Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open. Fruit large, uniform in size but not in shape, oblate or round, somewhat irregular, broad at the base, angular, narrow to broad, irregularly russeted; calyx large, open or closed ; lobes large, long, very broad, acute; basin irregular, wide, obtuse to abrupt, wrinkled ; skin thin, tender, rough, greenish-yellow or orange-yellow overlaid with broken stripes of light and dark red; dots few, small, light; prevailing effect yellow striped ; calyx-tube large, conical ; stamens m
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 22. Gravenstein. (XVa) Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open. Fruit large, uniform in size but not in shape, oblate or round, somewhat irregular, broad at the base, angular, narrow to broad, irregularly russeted; calyx large, open or closed ; lobes large, long, very broad, acute; basin irregular, wide, obtuse to abrupt, wrinkled ; skin thin, tender, rough, greenish-yellow or orange-yellow overlaid with broken stripes of light and dark red; dots few, small, light; prevailing effect yellow striped ; calyx-tube large, conical ; stamens median ; core medium in size, strongly abaxile; cells open; core-lines clasping the funnel ; carpels broad-ovate, emarginate; seeds large, long, plump, acute, brown ; flesh yellow, firm, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, aromatic; very good to best; late .September till early November. GREEN NEWTOWN. Fig. 23. Albe- marle. Albemarle Pippin. Green Newtown Pippin. Mountain Pippin. Newtown Pippin. Yellow Newtown. ITnfortunately, this apple can be grown in perfection only in certain re- gions, as: Hood River, Oregon; the Albemarle region, Virginia; and along the Hudson River, New York. By virtue of high quality, long- keeping and beauty of fruit, together with good. 23. Green Newtown. (X^^) tree-characters, Green Newtown has high standing in regions where it thrives. Experi- ments at the Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, show that it is a most excellent apple to use in breeding. Green Newtown is preeminently an American apple. The original* tree came into bearing earlj' in the eighteenth centuiy, and the variety was soon widely grown. In 1759 samples were sent to Benjamin Franklin in England, where they attracted much attention; John Bartram, the Quaker botanist, soon after sent grafts to England; and Thomas Jefferson was growing the variety at Monticello in 1778. Some pomologists maintain that there is a Yellow Newtown, a distinct variety from Green Newtown
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