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(28). ESOPUS SPITZEMBERG (i). ESOPUS SPITZENBERG (3, 10, 16, 21). ESOPUS 

 SPITZENBURG (13, 22, 23). Esopus Spitzenburg (28). ESOPUS SPITZENBURGH 

 (n, 19, 20). Esopus Spitzenburgh (24). SPITSZENBURGH (2). SPITZENBERG 

 (4). Spitzenburg (29). SPITZENBURGH (24). SPITZENBURGH, ESOPUS (8, 9). 

 True Spitsenburgh (8, 18, 20). 



The Esopus Spitsenburg, commonly known as the Spitzenburg, is 

 the standard of excellence for apples of the Baldwin class, to which 

 it naturally belongs. When well grown it is handsomely colored 

 and unexcelled in flavor and quality. It is a choice dessert fruit 

 and also one of the best apples known either for canning or for 

 general culinary uses. It is well adapted for handling in cold 

 storage, ships well, has long had a well-established reputation in 

 market, always sells well, is well suited for marketing in boxes or 

 fancy packages and often brings fancy prices. It is in season 

 between Rhode Island Greening and Baldwin. It is quite variable 

 in keeping quality in different seasons and in different localities (29). 

 The fruit is quite susceptible to the attacks of the scab fungus, as 

 also are the blossoms and the foliage. It is often injured by the 

 apple-canker, and therefore it is advisable to graft or bud it upon 

 a healthier variety. Special attention needs to be given to protecting 

 both the tree and the fruit from the diseases just mentioned. 1 As 

 one means for accomplishing this result and also for the purpose of 

 increasing the yield of high-grade fruit, it is wise to prune regularly 

 but moderately, and to give the trees enough room in the orchard 

 so that they do not crowd each other, thus permitting free movement 

 of air and access of ample light around and among all of the 

 branches. Especial care should be taken to favor a free and vigor- 

 ous growth of the tree by keeping the soil highly fertile, well sup- 

 plied with humus, well drained and yet well supplied with moisture 

 throughout the growing season. 



Under favorable conditions Esopus Spitsenburg bears pretty regu- 

 larly, but it is commonly rated as being, on the average, a rather 

 moderate cropper. For this reason and because of its susceptibility 

 to the diseases above mentioned it is not largely planted in com- 

 mercial orchards, being found less profitable than Baldwin, Rhode 



1 Descriptions of these diseases and approved methods of dealing with them are set forth 

 in bulletins of this Station 168:1899, 170:igoo, 186:1900, 848:1903, and in the Station's 

 corresponding annual reports. 



