Bethlehemite
- From
- Ohio
- Description
- This is an apple of the Newtown Spitzenburg type but it is inferior to that variety in size and color and is not better in quality. It is not recommended for planting in New York.
- Flesh quality
- firm, fine grained, tender, crisp, juicy, mild subacid, aromatic, good to very good
- Flesh color
- yellow, whitish, green
- Skin quality
- smooth, dull and unattractive, large to very small, gray or russet dots
- Skin color
- yellow, red striped, green, mottled
- Sizes
- below medium
- Shape
- uniform, round, ribbed, oblate
- Uses
- dessert, culinary
- Eating season starts in
- November
- Eating season ends in
- March
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 74.