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THE APPLE. 



Essex Pippin. 



An English vai-iety. 



Emit small, roundisli oblate, yellowish green, tinge of red in the 

 sun. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, brisk, sugary. October to February. 

 (Hogg.) 



Esopus Spitzenburgh. 



.^sopus Spitzenberg. -Siisopus Spitzenburg. 



True Spitzenburgb. 



The Esopus Spitzenburgh is a handsome, truly delicious Apple, and 

 is generally considered by all good judges equal to the Newtown Pippin, 

 and unsurpassed as a dessert fruit by any other variety. It originated 

 at Esopiis, a famous apple district, originally settled by the Low Dutch, 

 on the Hudson. But throughout the whole of New York it is considered 

 the first of apples. The tree has rather slender shoots, and when in 

 bearing has long and hanging limbs. 



Esopus Spitzenburgh. 



Fruit large, oblong, tapering roundly to the eye. Skin smooth, 

 nearly covered with rich, lively red, dotted with distinct yelloAvish rus- 

 set dots. On the shaded side is a yello'w-ish ground -^-ith streaks and 

 broken stripes of red. Stalk rather long — three-fourths of an inch — ■ 

 and slender, projecting beyond the base, and inserted in a wide ca^n.ty. 

 Calyx small, and closed, set in a shallow basin, which is sliglitly fur- 

 rowed. Flesh yellow, rather firm, crisj*, juicy, with a delicious ricli, 

 brisk flavor. Best. Seeds in a hollow core. December to February. 



