Vanderspiegel
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Vanderspiegel
Origin / History
Origin given as Bennington, Vermont. Recorded by A.J. Downing in The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. Known to some as Seek-no-Further.
Tree
Tree a good grower, and productive.
Fruit
Size: Below medium.
Form: Roundish conic truncated.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Partially closed.
Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellowish, shaded and splashed with red.
Dots: Few, light.
Flesh and flavor: Yellowish, crisp, juicy, pleasant subacid. Good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Listed for December and February.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 19 catalogs (1845–1924) from California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon
- Winship's Nursery (Brighton Nurseries , operated by the Winship family), Brighton (Boston) , Massachusetts — 1845 — listed as Seek No Further
- Azell Bowditch (Nursery / Fruit Catalog) , Boston , Massachusetts — 1850 — listed as Seek No Further
- Joseph Breck & Co. , Boston , Massachusetts — 1855 — listed as Seek No Further
- Hutchison Nursery , James Hutchison, Oakland , California — 1881 — listed as Seek No Further
- Felix Gillet , Barren Hill Nursery, Nevada City , California — 1884 — listed as Seek No Further
- Felix Gillet , Barren Hill Nursery, Nevada City , California — 1888 — listed as Seek No Further
- Felix Gillet , Barren Hill Nursery, Nevada City , California — 1890 — listed as Seek No Further
- Felix Gillet , Barren Hill Nursery, Nevada City , California — 1891 — listed as Seek No Further
- Oregon Wholesale Nurseries , Salem , Oregon — 1893 — listed as Seek No Further
- Multnomah Nurseries , Russellville , Oregon — 1894 — listed as Seek No Further
- The Vineland Nurseries (Kelsey & Co. , Proprietors), St. Joseph, Missouri (Office: 13th and Atchison Sts., 2 Blocks East of the Citizens St. Car Line) — 1894 — listed as Seek No Further
- Felix Gillet , Barren Hill Nursery, Nevada City , California — 1895 — listed as Seek No Further
- Felix Gillet , Barren Hill Nursery, Nevada City , California — 1897 — listed as Seek No Further
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Seek No Further
- S.L. Watkins , Grizzly Flats, El Dorado County , California — 1901 — listed as Seek No Further
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901 — listed as Seek No Further
- Phoenix Nursery Company (W. E. Rossney , President; Sidney Tuttle, Vice-President), Bloomington , Illinois — 1904 — listed as Seek No Further
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913 — listed as Seek No Further
- Fresno Nursery Co. , Fresno , California — 1924 — listed as Seek No Further
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Vanderspiegel.
Seek-no-Further of some.
Origin, Bennington, Vt. Tree a good grower, and productive.
Fruit below medium, roundish conic truncated, yellowish, shaded and splashed with red, few light dots. Calyx partially closed. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, pleasant subacid. Good. December, February.