Flushing Spitzenburg
- From
- North America
- Description
- Fruit of good color but not very good in quality. There is a considerable loss from the dropping of the fruit before it is fully mature. The tree generally has the reputation of being a shy bearer.
- Flesh quality
- firm, moderately coarse, crisp, not very tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, not high in flavor, good in quality.
- Flesh color
- white, yellow tinged
- Skin quality
- tough
- Skin color
- yellow, green, red, orange-red
- Sizes
- large, medium
- Shape
- round, ribbed, oblate, symmetrical, conical
- General quality
- not good
- Eating season starts in
- October
- Eating season ends in
- February
- Also known as
- Black Spitzenberg
- Flushing
- Flushing Spitzenberg
- Flushing Spitzeneurgh
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 154.