Newtown (Albemarle Pippin) x Esopus Spitzenburg. Excellent cider apple. Small yellow and red fruit up to 2 in. diameter. Very sweet, up to 25% sugar, but a pronounced acid tang. Highly flavored juice. More crab than apple. Hardy to Zone 3. Albert Etter named this fruit after E.J. Wickson, distinguished California pomologist. Introduced in 1944.