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This outstanding summer variety is a world-renown heritage apple, with names for it in Russian, Italian, German and Danish as well as English. Established in the 1600s, it came to America in the 1700s where it is still grown commercially, mostly in California.
The Gravenstein is a terrific sauce and pie apple. It is a roundish, irregularly shaped apple with a very short stem. The color varies, but is usually a greenish yellow background covered with broad red stripes. This is the standard for eating quality in summer apples. The Gravenstein is crisp, juicy, aromatic and full of old-fashioned tart-sweet flavor.
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