[NAFEX] Newtown Spitzenburg apple

Sherlock Terry sherlocksmith at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 17:48:24 EST 2010


Tower Hill, the place that John mentions above, sells scions from their
trees. Here's the link:
http://www.towerhillbg.org/thwebscion.html

-Sherlock

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Idell Weydemeyer
<iwgarden at earthlink.net>wrote:

>  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?
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> Idell in 9a
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> *From:* nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [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
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> *Subject:* Re: [NAFEX] Newtown Spitzenburg apple
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> Dave,
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> 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.
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> Regards,
>
> John Bunker
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> Fedco
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> trees at fedcoseeds.com
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> www.fedcoseeds.com
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> PO Box 520
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> Waterville ME 04903
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> 207-873-7333
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> On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:17 PM, david liezen wrote:
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>  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.
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> John Bunker
>
> Fedco
>
> trees at fedcoseeds.com
>
> www.fedcoseeds.com
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> PO Box 520
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> Waterville ME 04903
>
> 207-873-7333
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> On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:30 AM, Dave wrote:
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> What is a Newtown Spitzenburg?
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> I have heard of Newtown Pippin and Esopus Spitzenburg
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> Thanks
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> Dave Rogers
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