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New York Vandevere

Apple

Origin/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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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.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)
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