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Flesh whitish, very firm, moderately fine-grained, rather tender, crisp, mod- 

 erately juicy, subacid l)ecoming nearly sweet, slightly aromatic, fair to good. 

 Season December to May or June. 



NEWTOWN SPITZENBURG* 



References, i. Coxc, 1817:1^6. 2. Thacher, 1822:137. 3. Buel, .V. Y. Bd. 

 Agr. Mem., 1826:476. 4. Lindley, Pom. Mag., 3: No. 144. 1830. col. pi. 5. 

 Cat. Hort. Soc. London, 1831:36. 5. Ronalds, 1831:19. 7. Floy-Lindley, 1833: 

 40. 8. Manning, 1838:51s. 9. Downing, 1845:139. 10. Downing, Horticulturist, 

 1:341. 1847. II. Thomas, 1849:173. 12. Cole, 1849:125. 13. Hovey, Mag. 

 Hort., 15:539. 1849. Hg. 14. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:73. 1851. col. pi. 

 fig. 15. lb., 3:63. 1851. 16. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1852. 17. Elliott, 1854: 

 94. fig. 18. Hooper, 1857:65. 19. Warder, 1867:445. 20. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Cat., 1871:8. 21. iMtz, 1872:121, 149, 153. 22. Downing, 1872:285. 23. Barry, 

 1883:350. 24. Hogg, 1884:156. 25. Wickson, 1889:246. 26. Lyon, Mich. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:294. 27. Bailey, An. Plort., 1892:245. 28. Powell and 

 Fnlton, U. S. B. P. L Bid., 48:50. 1903. 29. Budd-Hansen, 1903:134. Hg. 30. 

 Bruner, .V. C. Sta. Bid., 182:21. 1903. 31. Beach and Clark, .V. i'. Sta. Bui, 

 248:134. 1904. 



Synonyms. Barretts Spitzcnburgh {22). Burlington (22). Burlington 

 Spitcemberg (i). Burlington Spitzenberg (9, 17, 24). English Spitzemberg 

 (i). English Spitzenberg (3. 24). Flushing (18) but incorrectly. Joe Berry 

 (17, 19, 22). Kountz (17, 22). Matchless (4, 7, 9, 17, 22, 24). Newton 

 Spitzemberg (i). Newton Spitszenburgh (2). Newtown Spitzemberg 

 (7). Newtown Spitzenberg (3, 4, 12, 17, 19, 20, 24). Newtown Spitzen- 

 BERGH (10). Newtow^n Spitzenburgh (15, 22, 23). Nezvtozvn spitzcnburgh 

 (25). Ox Eye (17, 19, 22). Spiced O.v Eye (22). Spitzenberg, Newtown 

 (9). Spitzenburgh, Newtown (ii). Spitzenburgh (22). Staalcliibs (13) 

 but erroneously. Vandevere (13, 21, 25). Vandevere of New York (20, 22, 

 23, 26). Vandervere (14, 16). i'andcrverc of New York (19). Wine 

 (erroneously, 22). 



This is the old \'andevere of New York, but it is not the true 



\'andevere. It is quite different also from the Esopus Spjfccnbiirg 



which is commonly known among New York fruit growers by the 



simple name of Spitzenburg. The Newtown Spitzenburg is not a 



good commercial sort because it is an unreliable cropper, has too 



large a percentage of fruit of unmarketable size, and is not especially 



attractive in general appearance on account of its rather dull color. 



It is crisp, aromatic, rich, and mildly subacid mingled with sweet. 



Downing remarks that it is a most excellent fruit, suited to more 



tastes than any other apple of its season (22). 



Historical. This variety originated in Newtown, Long Island. It was at 

 one time quite popular in some sections of this state, particularly in the dis- 

 tricts along the Hudson, but is now seldom planted and is gradually going 

 out of cultivation. 



