[NAFEX] Newtown Spitzenburg apple

John Bunker john.p.bunker at gmail.com
Thu Nov 11 06:55:08 EST 2010


Newtown Spitzenburg    Unknown parentage. Newtown, NY, 1817. Medium- 
sized roundish-conic angular fruit, patched with glowing orange-red,  
dark red and russet, sprinkled with russet dots. Eclipsed by two  
apples that each bear half its name—Newtown Pippin and Esopus  
Spitzenburg—it is quite the deserving apple in its own right. It has  
been a personal favorite at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden tastings for  
years. A true fall dessert apple. Each bite releases a charge of  
flavor that percolates in the mouth and throat. In Apples of New York,  
1905, Beach describes it as, “firm, fine-grained, crisp, juicy, mild  
subacid mingled with sweet, rich, aromatic, very good to best in  
flavor and quality.” He suggests it fell out of favor due to its  
unreliable cropping, variable size and dull coloring. Not tested yet  
in central Maine, so hardiness could be a concern for anyone north of  
about Portsmouth NH.

John Bunker
Fedco
trees at fedcoseeds.com
www.fedcoseeds.com
PO Box 520
Waterville ME 04903
207-873-7333




On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:30 AM, Dave wrote:

> What is a Newtown Spitzenburg?
>
> I have heard of Newtown Pippin and Esopus Spitzenburg
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave Rogers
>
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