spitzenberg

Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a spitzenberg apple.

Washington Irving 2004

The pound sweeting, the spitzenberg, and many sister apples were there; and I stayed long enough to see them ripen into perfection.

Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusty red, like a spitzenberg apple.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887

Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a spitzenberg apple.

Washington Irving Warner, Charles D 1881

It is rather startling to come up against an old gentleman with a long beard the color of an orange or a spitzenberg apple.

Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

But the apple of apples for the household is the spitzenberg.

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a spitzenberg apple.

Washington Irving Charles Dudley Warner 1864

Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a spitzenberg apple.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a spitzenberg apple.

Washington Irving Charles Dudley Warner 1864