Esopus Spitzenburg is an old apple variety--if they were tomatoes they'd be labeled heirloom.
We (that's![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cattitude and I) just shared one. These are good: crisp, tart, and juicy. There are times I will want a sweeter apple; part of what Cattitude likes is that they aren't as sweet as many. If I could get these regularly, I wouldn't need Granny Smith: I think they're tart enough for cooking.
If you care about appearances, they're red (with a bit of yellow, not the deep solid red of a Red Delicious, but redder than a Gala), almost round, and fairly large, though most apples of commerce these days are fairly large.
I am not prepared to go as far as Thomas Jefferson, whose favorite apple these were, but I like it. As Cattitude said, not so thrilled that he'll rush down to Isham Street and get more right now (he got two, on spec), but we'll get more at next Saturday's Greenmarket.
[Cattitude also bought some more of the NY652s, the apple whose number I misremembered in the previous review.]
We (that's
cattitude and I) just shared one. These are good: crisp, tart, and juicy. There are times I will want a sweeter apple; part of what Cattitude likes is that they aren't as sweet as many. If I could get these regularly, I wouldn't need Granny Smith: I think they're tart enough for cooking.If you care about appearances, they're red (with a bit of yellow, not the deep solid red of a Red Delicious, but redder than a Gala), almost round, and fairly large, though most apples of commerce these days are fairly large.
I am not prepared to go as far as Thomas Jefferson, whose favorite apple these were, but I like it. As Cattitude said, not so thrilled that he'll rush down to Isham Street and get more right now (he got two, on spec), but we'll get more at next Saturday's Greenmarket.
[Cattitude also bought some more of the NY652s, the apple whose number I misremembered in the previous review.]
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