Cotsville Spitzenberg
AppleCotsville Spitzenberg
Origin / History
Received from Nelson & Son, Mercer Co., Pa., by whom it was obtained as a seedling of the Rambo, from Ohio. Downing remarks that it looks much like the Baltimore, and may prove identical.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish, slightly conical.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Whitish, covered over with deep crimson in the sun, lighter in the shade; a little russet.
Dots: Pretty thickly sprinkled with light dots.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh whitish, sometimes a little stained, tender, juicy, pleasant, mild subacid, slightly aromatic. Very good.
Core and seeds: Core small.
Season
December to February.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
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)COTSVILLE SPITZENBERG.
A variety received from Nelson & Son, Mercer Co., Pa., by whom it was obtained as a seedling of the Rambo, from Ohio. It looks much like the Baltimore, on p. 86, and may prove identical.
Fruit medium, roundish, slightly conical, whitish, covered over with deep crimson in the sun, lighter in the shade, a little russet, and pretty thickly sprinkled with light dots. Flesh whitish, sometimes a little stained, tender, juicy, pleasant, mild subacid, slightly aromatic. Core small. Very good. December to February.