Kaighn's Spitzenberg.—[Coxe.]
Fig. 283.—KAIGHN'S SPITZENBERG.
From Gloucester County, New Jersey. Tree spreading, very productive; Shoots slender.
Fruit large, handsome, oblong, slightly conic, truncated, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, striped crimson; Dots minute.
Basin deep, abrupt, folded or regular; Eye medium, closed; Segments reflexed.
Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown; Stem long, slender, red.
Core large, pyriform, regular, clasping, generally open; Seeds numerous, plump, angular, loose; Flesh yellow, breaking, juicy; Flavor acid to sub-acid, rather rich; Quality good for culinary use; Market and drying; Season, November, December.
Knowles' Early.