Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:15:43 -0700 Brian Mailman wrote

William R. Watt wrote:

ah, the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia is famous for Gravenstein apples

Very cool. I'm glad to know they aren't completely a Northern
California regional specialty; since the orchards are rapidly being
destroyed .

actually, the Gravenstein apple or Gravensteiner is an apple from Northern
Germany/Denmark (just at the border) and still produced over here. It is
namend after Schloss Gravenstein (Gråsten castle).

Because it is not an efficient pollinator, the variety is grown less and
less... *sigh* but it is still one of my favorite apples.

Petra in Hamburg, Germany