Will the Real Gravenstein Apple Please Stand Up?

Will the Real Gravenstein Apple Please Stand Up?

You blinked and now the Gravenstein is gone. Already harvested, processed, and celebrated with a glorious town fair, consumed in pies, fritters, ciders, and sauces. It seems like just the other day banners went up in downtown Sebastopol: “Gravensteins Are Coming.” The annual reminders, hung by Slow Food Russian River revivalists, were quickly replaced by “Gravensteins Are Here” banners. It’s the reason Luther Burbank once said, “If the Gravenste…