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

 erately juicy, subacid becoming nearly sweet, slightly aromatic, fair to good. 

 Season December to IVlay or June. 



NEWTOWN SPITZENBURG. 



REFERENCES, i. Coxe, 1817:126. 2. Thacher, 1822:137. 3. Buel, N. Y. Bd. 

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

 Cat. Hort. Soc. London, 1831:36. 6. Ronalds, 1831:19. 7. Floy- Lindley, 1833: 

 40. 8. Manning, 1838:58. 9. Downing, 1845:139. 10. Downing, Horticulturist, 

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

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

 fig. 15. Ib., 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. Fitz, 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. Hort., 1892:245. 28. Powell and 

 Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:50. 1903. 29. Budd-Hansen, 1903:134. fig. 30. 

 Bruner, N. C. Sta. Bui., 182:21. 1903. 31. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 

 248:134. 1904. 



SYNONYMS. Barretts Spitzcnburgh (22). Burlington (22). Burlington 

 Spitsemberg (i). Burlington Spitzenberg (9, 17, 24). English Spitsemberg 

 (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). NEWTOWN SPITZENBURGH (15, 22, 23). Newtown Spitzenburgh 

 (25). Ox Eye (17, 19, 22). Spiced Ox Eye (22). SPITZENBERG, NEWTOWN 

 (9). SPITZENBURGH, NEWTOWN (n). Spitzenburgh (22). Staaldubs (13) 

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

 23, 26). VANDERVERE (14, 16). Vandervere of New York (19). Wine 

 (erroneously, 22). 



This is the old Vandevere of New York, but it is not the true 

 Vandevere. It is quite different also from the Esopus Spitzenburg 

 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. 



