Gravenstein Apple is considered by many to be one of the best all-round apples in the world. Said to have originated either in the garden of the Duke of Augustenberg, Castle of Graefenstein, Schleswig-Holstein or in Italy or Southern Tyrol and sent to Schleswig-Holstein, or scions from Italy sent home by a brother of Count Chr. Ahlefeldt of Graasten Castle, South Jutland. It is thought to have arrived in Denmark in about 1669. Fruits have crisp, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a pleasant mixture of sweetness and acidity with a distinctive flavour.
A TRIPLOID variety which requires a pollinator, but has no viable pollen.
- Pollination Group: PG2
- Uses: Eating, cooking, cider
- Harvest: late December - early February
- Features: Low chill variety
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