Example Sentences

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

From Modern India by Curtis, William Eleroy

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

From Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Strong, Beulah

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

From Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers by Burroughs, John