314 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth or slightly roughened with capillary russet lines 

 and russet dots ; color yellow or greenish mottled with rather dull red, some- 

 times deepening to a solid bright red, indistinctly mottled, striped and splashed 

 with carmine. Dots generally conspicuous, large, irregular, gray or russet, 

 becoming smaller and more numerous about the basin. Prevailing effect 

 greenish-yellow, but in highly colored specimens, red. 



Calyx tube rather wide, short, obtusely cone-shape or approaching funnel- 

 form. Stamens median to basal. 



Core rather small, axile or nearly so; cells symmetrical, closed or partly 

 open; core lines meeting or with funnel-form calyx tube, clasping. Carpels 

 flat, broadly elliptical to roundish or somewhat cordate, usually smooth. Seeds 

 few, very dark, large, narrow, long, acute to acuminate, sometimes tufted. 



Flesh slightly tinged with yellow, rather firm, moderately fine, crisp, moder- 

 ately tender, juicy, mild subacid, delicately aromatic, with an agreeable but 

 not high flavor, good. 



Season October to February or March. 



SPITZENBURG. 



New York fruit growers and fruit dealers commonly use the 

 simple name Spitzenburg or its colloquial abbreviation Spitz, in 

 referring to the variety known to pomologists as Esopus Spitzen- 

 burg. Pomologists are now publishing this name with Spitzenburg 

 in italics as the first step toward shortening the name to Esopus, 

 but comparatively few New York fruit growers would, recognize it 

 by the name Esopus and it will doubtless continue to be called 

 Spitzenburg as long as it remains in cultivation. For an account 

 of this variety the reader is referred to Esopus Spitzenburg. 



This word has been variously spelled by different pomologists as, 

 Spitzemberg, Spitzenberg, Spitzenbergh, Spitzenburgh and Spits- 

 zenburgh, but Spitzenburg is now the commonly accepted spelling. 



Many different varieties have the word Spitzenburg appearing 

 either in the accepted name or in a synonym ; those which are 

 described in this volume are Esopus -Spitzcnburg, Flushing Spitzen- 

 burg, Newtown Spitzenburg and Scrlbner Spitzenburg (see 

 Scribner). 



SPRING PIPPIN. 



REFERENCES, i. Elliott, 1854:158. 2. Warder, 1867732. 3. Downing, 1869: 

 358. 4. Thomas, 1875:512. 5. Burrill and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui, 45:342. 

 1896. 6. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 56:291. 1905. 



SYNONYMS. Spring Pippin (6). SPRINGPORT (6). SPRINGPORT PIPPIN 

 (4). Springport Pippin (i, 3, 5, 6). 



