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tinct variety from the Newtown Pippin ; the tree grows more 

 thrifty, and is a free bearer. 



5. JEsopus Spitzemberg. The true iEsopus Spitzemberg 

 is, I suppose, the finest eating Apple in the world when per- 

 fectly ripe ; it is, however, not a keeping Apple ; with care 

 it will last till Christmas. It is most beautiful in appearance. 

 Mr. Coxe, who describes this Apple at page 127 of his work 

 on Fruit Trees, thinks the Flushing Spitzemberg nearly as 

 good. The fact is, there are a number of kinds of Apples 

 called Spitzemberg, and some of them even early summer 

 Apples, that have the appearance, and probably originated 

 from seeds, of this kind ; but they are different, and inferior 

 in flavour and quality. This variety no doubt originated at 

 iEsopus, in Ulster County; it is plentifully cultivated at 

 Livingstone's Manor, in Columbia County, in the State of New 

 York, from whence the Apples are brought to this market, and 

 always command a good price for table fruit. I have not seen 

 any so fine from any other part of the country. I am informed, 

 that it makes very rich Cider. The grafts of the trees I 

 send you, I obtained from Edward Livingstone, Esq. of 

 Clermont, the present proprietor of the manor ; I can there- 

 fore warrant them to be the genuine sort. 



6. Large Fall Pippin. A most noble Apple for cooking 

 or the dessert : when ripe it is delicious, having somewhat the 

 richness of a Pine Apple ; when over ripe it becomes mealy 

 and insipid, and it does not keep good longer than the end 

 of October or middle of November : size very large, often 

 weighing from fourteen to sixteen ounces. 



7. American Nonpareil. The grafts of this kind I had 

 from Staten Island, from the orchard of the late Vice Pre- 



