[NAFEX] Newtown Spitzenburg apple

Idell Weydemeyer iwgarden at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 12 11:40:43 EST 2010


Does someone have the Newton Spitzenburg apple that would be willing to mail
some sticks for grafting? Or does someone know of a group that sell scions
that might have this?

 

Idell in 9a 

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[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John Bunker
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 4:11 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Newtown Spitzenburg apple

 

Dave,

 

I've tasted most of the apples in the Tower Hill Botanical Garden
collection.  Newtown Spitzenburg is one with a  very distinctive, superior
dessert flavor.  I have been reluctant to do much with it in Maine, being
uncertain of its hardiness and adaptability to more northern districts.  I
did put a branch on one of our trees up here a few years ago and it has done
fine so far.  No indication of scab to speak of.  We never spray for scab.
If a variety gets a bit of it, that's OK.  If a variety gets a lot of it,
it's out.  Most of the heritage varieties, by the way, are only marginally
susceptible.  If you keep the Macs and Mac-types out of the orchard
(Cortland, Macoun, Empire, Brock, Spencer, etc etc) you can largely keep
your orchard under control with no scab sprays at all.  I should also
mention that another variety from the Tower Hill Collection with extremely
distinctive and excellent dessert qualities is Sutton (or Sutton Beauty).
Another favorite.

 

Regards,

John Bunker

Fedco

trees at fedcoseeds.com

www.fedcoseeds.com 

PO Box 520

Waterville ME 04903

207-873-7333

 

 





 

On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:17 PM, david liezen wrote:





John,
Do you know if Newton Spitzenburg carries any disease resistances? 
I'm trying to manage my apples without spraying (blessed to live in eastern
WA) and any inherent strengths are worth considering.
 
Dave
 

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From: john.p.bunker at gmail.com
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:55:08 -0500
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Newtown Spitzenburg apple

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 <http://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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