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Burlington Spitzemberg [Spitzenberg].
see No. 57.

[sketch of apple]

The Spitzemberg cultivated near Burlington
which appears to be the same with the Newton
Spitzemberg of Prince (No 57) is a large
apple, round and varying from flat to the long form of
a handsome appearance; The skin a sprightly deep red
streaked with stille deeper stripes
of the red towards the stalk, very full of small
dots of yellow more particularly towards the
blossom end.  The stalk is short and inserted in
a pretty deep cavity. The blossom end is also very
hollow or deep. The flesh is rich and yellow, the
apple is admired as an early
Winter fruit. The apples fall early in
the Autumn The tree large and thrifty speading
its branches and forming one of the handsomest
trees in the orchard.  This apple is frequently called
the English Spitzemberg in the neighborhood of Burlington.
        