Esopus Spitzenburg Apple
Malus cv 'Esopus Spitzenburg'
Esopus Spitzenburg was one of Thomas Jefferson's two favorite Apple varieties, the other being 'Albemarle Pippin.' Today, apple connoisseurs still consider this variety among the finest ever known.
Esopus Spitzenburg was one of Thomas Jefferson's two favorite Apple varieties, the other being 'Albemarle Pippin.' He recorded the planting of thirty-two of these trees in the South Orchard at Monticello between 1807 and 1812. A.J. Downing, America's foremost nineteenth-century pomologist, described Esopus Spitzenburg as "a handsome, truly delicious apple...unsurpassed as a dessert fruit...considered the first of apples." Today, apple connoisseurs still consider this variety among the finest ever known. It bears handsome red apples, ripening in late autumn, with firm, juicy yellow flesh. The apples have a delicious, brisk, rich flavor that is unforgettable.
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