Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Gravenstein Apple
Gravenstein is an old European apple, recorded in Denmark and northern Germany by the 17th century and carried to North America by the 1800s, where it thrived on California's Sonoma coast. Large and round with greenish-yellow skin striped in red and orange, it has crisp, tart, intensely aromatic flesh. It ripens early and does not store, so it was historically valued fresh and for sauce and cider.
| Cultivar | Gravenstein |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira, Lower, Elsie E. b., Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Virginia, Albermarle; Canada, Truro; Montana, Missoula, Missoula |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 8 |
All 8 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002050, POM00002051, POM00002052, POM00002053, POM00002054, POM00003613, POM00003854, POM00003985.
