Vandevere
- From
- Wilmington
- Description
- The old variety which is commonly called Vandcvere in New York is known to pomologists by the name Newtown Spitzenburg. The true Vandevere which we are here considering is quite distinct from this Newtown Spitzenburg.
- Flesh quality
- crisp and tender with a rich, sprightly, mild subacid flavor, valued especially for culinary purposes
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin color
- yellow, red striped
- Sizes
- medium
- General quality
- When in perfection Vandevere is a beautiful and fine apple
- Uses
- culinary
- Eating season starts in
- October
- Eating season ends in
- January
- Also known as
- Oxeye
- Staalcubs
- Stalcubs
- Vandeveer
- Vandervere
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 230.