New York Vandevere
AppleOrigin/History
New York.
Tree
Shoots spotted; leaves doubly serrate-crenate. Succeeds best on light soils.
Fruit
- Size: Medium
- Form: Round-oblate, regular
- Stem: Uniformly about half an inch long
- Cavity: Wide
- Basin: Wide
- Skin: Light red in indistinct streaks on yellow ground, often a high red where exposed
- Dots: Numerous
- Flesh: Light yellow
- Flavor: Rich, mild, sub-acid, excellent
- Core and Seeds: Not described in source
Season
Early winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Other
Not always fair.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)New York Vandevere.* (Newtown Spitzenburgh, Ox Eye.) Medium in size, round-oblate, regular; color light red in indistinct streaks on yellow ground, often a high red where exposed; dots numerous; stalk uniformly about half an inch long, cavity and basin wide; flesh light yellow, with a rich, mild, sub-acid, excellent flavor. Early winter. Not always fair—succeeds best on light soils. Shoots spotted; leaves doubly serrate-crenate. New York.
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