Esopus Spitzenburg

Measured Phenotype

Brix

14.9 °Bx

source: GRIN

Titratable acidity

5.33 g/L

source: GRIN

Juice pH

3.50

source: GRIN

Fruit height

61.3 mm

source: NFC

Fruit width

63.6 mm

source: NFC

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

The Esopus Spitzenburg is a highly esteemed dessert apple of outstanding flavor and quality when well-grown, with deep red coloring over yellow. Prized for fresh eating, canning, and general culinary use, it ships well and commands premium prices in market, though it is susceptible to scab and canker and is only a moderate cropper. The fruit ripens between November and February, with excellent keeping quality in cold storage.</description>\n<parameter name="source_quotes">["the standard of excellence for apples of the Baldwin class", "It is a choice dessert fruit and also one of the best apples known either for canning or for general culinary uses", "always sells well", "Originated at Esopus, Ulster county", "was well known in cultivation in this and adjoining states more than a century ago", "Flesh tinged with yellow, firm, moderately fine, crisp, rather tender, juicy, aromatic, sprightly subacid, very good to best", "Season November to February or later"]

Flavor & Texture

Best Uses

Lineage

Where to Pick

• LynOaken FarmsOrleans County
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• Crooked Line Farm & OrchardSteuben County
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• Hurd OrchardsOrleans County
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• Kingbird Orchard - Etta Place Cidery

Origin & History

Status

commercial

Origin type

chance seedling

Disease Resistance

Apple scab

susceptible

Leaf spot

highly susceptible

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS

PI 588785

UK National Fruit Collection

1903

Wikidata

Q3058099

MUNQ ID

522

Cited authority (Hogg 1851)

Coxe