240 FRUIT-GROWING 



Esopus Spitzenburg 



You can buy a certain apple in New York 

 under the name of Esopus while the same sort 

 grown in the West is sold as a Spitzenburg. 

 This is the "Esopus Spitzenburg," a variety 

 that has been in cultivation in New York for 

 more than a hundred years. The apple is of 

 the highest quality but is not adapted to a wide 

 range of soils. For this reason it is not grown 

 so extensively as its antiquity and its quality 

 would seem to justify. 



Fameuse 



The Fameuse is one of the oldest varieties 

 and like all other old sorts much of its history 

 has been lost. It is commonly called the 

 "Snow" apple and in certain sections of the 

 country is known only by that name — probably 

 because the French name does not fit the aver- 

 age American tongue well. 



The apples are bright red in color, the flesh 

 is snow white and the flavor is rated as being 

 of the best. They are rather small in size and do 

 not keep well, but during their season, which 

 lasts from October to the middle of December, 

 they are popular on the markets. The variety 

 is subject to apple scab, but in the light of what 

 we now know about this disease no grower 

 should be deterred from planting them on this 



