Esopus Spitzenburg
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated at Esopus, Ulster County, New York, USA. Known before 1790. Fruits have crisp, tender flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Aesopus Spitzemberg, Aesopus Spitzenberg, Aesopus Spitzenburg, Aesopus Spitzenburgh, Asopus Spitzenburg, Esopus, Esopus (Spitzenburg), Esopus Spitzemberg, Esopus Spitzenberg, Esopus Spitzenburgh, Ezop Spitzenburg, Spitszenburgh, Spitzenberg, Spitzenburg, Spitzenburgh, True Spitzenberg, True Spitzenburg, True Spitzenburgh
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Mother to:
- Idagold
- Jonathan
- Stearns
Accession No.
1950 - 033
- Accession name
- Esopus Spitzenburg
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering 19th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 61.32 mm 1
- Width
- 63.58 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Juiciness
- dry 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 1


- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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