The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . THE C;EAYEl(STEli\ AEPLE. FriLfh cf i\jfierrca,Pfa|-e fi^ ranriL rrnTR tfHtU!( i> Uhroain litFl br tJRnrp & Son. THE GRAVENSTEIN APPLE. Gkavenstein. Transactions Lon. Hort. Soc, vol. iv. pi. xxi. Grave Slue, > According to HoH. Soc. Cat, 1842. Sabine of the Flemings, >Grafensteiner, of the Germans. But few of the great number of foreign varieties of apples, which have been described and figured in European pomological works, appear to possess
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . THE C;EAYEl(STEli\ AEPLE. FriLfh cf i\jfierrca,Pfa|-e fi^ ranriL rrnTR tfHtU!( i> Uhroain litFl br tJRnrp & Son. THE GRAVENSTEIN APPLE. Gkavenstein. Transactions Lon. Hort. Soc, vol. iv. pi. xxi. Grave Slue, > According to HoH. Soc. Cat, 1842. Sabine of the Flemings, >Grafensteiner, of the Germans. But few of the great number of foreign varieties of apples, which have been described and figured in European pomological works, appear to possess much merit in comparison with our native Idnds. It is ^f^-^/true, only a limited number have had a fair trial; ^^m/ but that number has been a selection from the very ^^> best, and few of them are sufficiently meritorious to retain a place in our gardens. Among these few, however, the Gravenstein un-doubtedly stands at the head. It is a large as wellas a most beautiful fruit, and possesses that crisp yettender flesh, and that refreshing admixture of sweet and acid whichcharacterize our most esteemed apples. It comes in, too, at a seasonwhen we are not overstocked with fine varieties, succeeding the Porter,and supplying the table throughout the mont
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