Spitzenberg

Peter Hatch Esopus Spitzenberg apples -- at left, from the South Orchard at Monticello -- were reputed to be Jefferson's favorite variety.

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The Spitzenberg (Esopus) is very near the top of the list of all late eating-apples, being at its prime about December.

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Whereupon, Major-General Richie, commanding a force of 7,500 men of His Majesty of Spitzenberg, set in motion with a few simple words the machinery which would launch his army at the enemy.

The Kicking Twelfth 1900

The Twelfth reached a knoll which the officers easily recognized as the place described by the cavalry as suitable for the Spitzenberg guns.

The Kicking Twelfth 1900

Far away two regiments of Spitzenberg infantry were charging, and at the distance this charge looked like a casual stroll.

The Kicking Twelfth 1900

There was a fair position for the Spitzenberg artillery 2,300 yards from the enemy.

The Kicking Twelfth 1900

After the mule battery came a long, black, winding thing which was three regiments of Spitzenberg infantry, and back of them and to the right was an inky square, which was the remaining Spitzenberg guns.

The Kicking Twelfth 1900

Very often he had been a joke to them, but when they saw this fat old gentleman so coolly treating the strange new missiles which hummed in the air, it struck them suddenly that they had wronged him seriously, and a man who could attain the command of a Spitzenberg regiment was entitled to general respect.

The Kicking Twelfth 1900

But in time the Twelfth came to the top of a rise, and below them, on a plain, was the heavy black streak of a Spitzenberg squadron, and back of the squadron loomed the gray bare hill of the Rostina position.

The Kicking Twelfth 1900

It resembled the scenery in Spitzenberg; every man in the Kicking Twelfth had often confronted a dozen such farms with a composure which amounted to indifference.

The Kicking Twelfth 1900