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Gravenstein|ˈgrɑːvənʃtaɪn|
[The German name for Graasten, a village in Denmark formerly in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.]
A variety of dessert apple, which has large fruit with yellow, red-streaked skin.
1821Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. IV. 216 Mr. John Wilmot sent specimens of the Gravenstein Apple, the produce of a tree imported from Holland. 1841J. Lindley Pomologia Britannica III. 98 What the English call the Gravenstein is an Apple of great merit. 1860R. Hogg Fruit Man. 10 Gravenstein... Large, round, flattened at the ends, and angular... A very valuable apple. 1908L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxix. 325 Mr. Harmon Andrews took second prize for Gravenstein apples. 1969Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 52 ‘Gravenstein’ is often considered the best flavoured apple in Northern Germany and Denmark. It is a fairly large fruit, its strong sweetness balanced by a marked acidity and a penetrating scent. |