Newtown Spitzenburg
- From
- Elmhurst
- Description
- As of 1905, it had at one time been quite popular in some sections of this state, particularly in the districts along the Hudson, but was seldom planted and was gradually going out of cultivation. Known as Flushing incorrectly. Known as Staalclubs and Wine erroneously.
- Flesh quality
- firm, fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid mingled with sweet, rich, aromatic, very good to best in flavor and quality.
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin quality
- smooth, tough
- Skin color
- yellow mottled, red striped, yellow blushed
- Sizes
- medium
- Shape
- cylindrical, round, oblate, uniform, regular
- Keeping quality
- In Western N.Y. it is easily kept until February or March in ordinary storage and often some portion of the fruit remains in fairly good condition until the close of April.
- Eating season starts in
- November
- Eating season ends in
- January
- Also known as
- Barretts Spitzenburgh
- Burlington
- Burlington Spitzemberg
- Burlington Spitzenberg
- English Spitzemberg
- English Spitzenberg
- Flushing
- Joe Berry
- Kountz
- Matchless
- Newton Spitzemberg
- Newton Spitszenburgh
- Newtown Spitzemberg
- Newtown Spitzenberg
- Newtown Spitzenbergh
- Newtown Spitzenburgh
- Ox Eye
- Spiced Ox Eye
- Spitzenberg, Newtown
- Spitzenburgh, Newtown
- Spitzenhurgh
- Staalclubs
- Vandevere
- Vandevere of New York
- Vandervere
- Vandervere of New York
- Wine
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 225.
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 225.