Blue Spitzesburg
AppleBlue Spitzesburg
Origin/History
Improved Red Spitzenberg. Origin: Oley Township, Pennsylvania.
Tree
Moderately vigorous, making a round head. Not an early bearer, but produces good crops in alternate years when a little advanced.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium or above; roundish oblate, slightly conic, sometimes a little oblique.
Skin: Pale whitish yellow, nearly covered with light and dark red; sometimes a few rather obscure stripes and splashes; many large and small light dots.
Stem: Short, small.
Cavity: Medium; slight russet.
Calyx: Closed or nearly so.
Basin: Medium, corrugated.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish yellow, half fine, tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, slightly aromatic.
Core: Medium.
Season
January, March.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Blue Spitzesburg.
Improved Red Spitzenberg.
Origin, Oley Township, Pa.; tree moderately vigorous, making a round head; not an early bearer, but produces good crops alternate years when a little advanced.
Fruit medium or above, roundish oblate, slightly conic, sometimes a little oblique; skin pale whitish yellow, nearly covered with light and dark red, sometimes a few rather obscure stripes and splashes, and many large and small light dots; stalk short, small; cavity medium, slight russet; calyx closed or nearly so; basin medium, corrugated; flesh whitish yellow, half fine, tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, slightly aromatic; core medium. January, March.