Gravensteins

Gravensteins, Spitzenbergs, etc., and it is now the most desirable tree in the garden; I completely transformed the nature of the tree.

Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden James Sheehan

I have in mind a tree, the marvel of my childhood, which bore big sour apples, beautiful Gravensteins, and a good quality of Baldwins.

The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw

The last tree of Gravensteins was picked and then there came the time of parting.

Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Ralph Connor 1898

The Gravensteins, in which species of apple Haley was a specialist, were being picked, and picked with the greatest care, Cameron plucking them from the limbs and dropping them into a basket held by Mandy below.

Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Ralph Connor 1898

"Georgianas" and the "Gravensteins," and so on until the winter apples, the principal product of the orchard, were reached.

When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine 1887

Chez Panisse in Berkeley signing on to use Gravensteins, something that the apple's fans hope will raise its profile - and price.

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"It's grapes," said Paul Kolling, a soft-spoken organic apple grower who farms 75 acres of Gravensteins in the picturesque hills outside town.

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Slow Food movement, which promotes traditional and sustainably produced foods and which has enlisted dozens of restaurants to feature the apple in dishes and desserts, placed wooden boxes full of free Gravensteins all around Sebastopol and blanketed farmers' markets with free samples of its juice.

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Barbara Walker, whose family has been growing apples in Sonoma County for more than 100 years, said the response to her Gravensteins had been outstanding, with dozens of boxes sold.

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And as goes profit, so goes the plow; land used for Gravensteins has dropped to 763 acres, the report said, down from 833 acres in 2009, part of a long decline in apples in the county.

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