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Fig. 104. Northoiu 

 Spy. 



and prodiu'tiveness in the tree, make NoitlxM-n Sj)y one of 

 tile leading Ameriean apples. Faults are: 

 the skin is Ihiii and tender, making eareful 

 liandling- neeessary; when poorly grown, the 

 flavor deteriorates; the trees are most ca- 

 pricious as to soils; come in bearing only 

 after several years of care, and are an 

 inviting prey to apple -scab. This apple 

 was grown from seeds planted by Ileman 

 Chapin about the year 1800 in East Bloom- 

 field, Ontario County, New York. 



Tree large, vigorous, upriglit, dense, becoming round-topped, with "vvil- 

 lowy, slender, drooping laterals. Fruit large, oblong-conic, flattened at 

 the base, symmetrical, ribbed ; stem thick ; cavity large, acute, very wide 

 and deep, broadly furroAved; calyx small, closed; lobes short, broad, obtuse; 

 basin small, narrow, deep, abrupt, furrowed; skin thin, tender, smooth, 

 glossy, the pale yellow ground-color nearly concealed with bright red, 

 mottled and splashed with carmine and overspread with thin bloom; dots 

 small, scattering, Avhite, gray or russet ; calyx-tube large, long, narrow 

 f unnelf orm with very narrow cylinder ; stamens basal ; core large, abaxile ; 

 cells open ; core-lines clasping the funnel cylinder ; carpels concave, broadly 

 round, emarginate, tufted; seeds small, wide, plump, obtuse, dark, tufted; 

 flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, tender, crisp, juicy, sprightly, aromatic, 

 subacid; very good to best; November to April. 



429. Esopus Spitzenburg (Fig. 105) is one of the leading 

 Ameriean apples. The fruits are unexcelled in quality, and are 

 most pleasing in appearance. The apples are 

 of the best to eat out of hand, and very good 

 for all culinary purposes as well; they with- 

 stand the usages of marketing and keep in 

 cold storage until June. Esopus Spitzenburg, 

 however, falls below the mark through lack 

 of vigor and health in the tree, and because 

 of decided local prejudices to soil and climate Fig. 105. Esopus 

 which make it suitable only to favored locali- 

 ties. The variety originated in Esopus, New York, some years 

 previous to 1800, and has long been grown from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific. 



Tree open and spreading, upright, the lateral branches slender and 

 drooping. Fruit medium to large, uniform in size and shape, broad and 



