Gravenstein
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Gravenstein is a triploid apple cultivar that originated in the 17th century or earlier. The fruit has a tart flavor, and it is heavily used as a cooking apple, especially for apple sauce and apple ci
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Detail of fruit and leaves
Gravenstein flowers in Norway
Red Gravenstein
Luther Burbank
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Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank primarily work
Gravenstein
…the United States, Gravensteins are found most widely on the west coast, and in particular, around the Sonoma County, California, town of Sebastopol. Luther Burbank praised the apple, "It has often been said that if the Gravenstein could be had throughout the year, no other apple need be grown." In Canada it is…
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Burbank birthplace in Lancaster, Massachusetts
Photograph by Gabriel Moulin
Paul Stark Sr. pays his respects at Luther Burbank's gravesite