THE NEWTOWN SPITZENBERG APPLE.
Newtown Spitzenberg. Coxe’s View, p. 126. Hort. Cat.
no. 1065.
Matchless. Cobbett. Hort. Cat. no. 597.
A great reputation attaches to a class of American
Apples, called the Spitzenbergs, of which this
is the best; but they are not to be compared with
such fruit as the Ribston Pippin, the Cornish Julyflower,
the Golden Harvey, and others of our fine
English varieties.
This is, however, an Apple of merit. It bears
packing well, is a pretty good bearer on a standard,
and will keep till the end of January. Mr. Cobbett
sold it under the name of the Matchless Apple,
and it has, in consequence, found its way into
some Catalogues by such a designation.
S hoots vigorous, somewhat spreading, dark-
brown where bare, but for the most covered with a
grayish cuticle, and profusely sprinkled with whitish
spots.
Leaves rather large, ovate, acuminate, irregularly
and doubly serrated. P etioles of medium
length and thickness. S tipules lanceolate.
Flowers middle-sized. P etals roundish-
oblong, inclining to ovate.
F ruit middle-sized, depressed, globular, not
angular, bearing much resemblance in shape to a