THE APPLE. 199 



Stalk short, set in a wide deep cavity. Calyx small, basin 

 moderately deep. Flesh coarse-grained, with a sprightly, brisk 

 sub-acid flavour. October to January. This is quite distinct 

 fi-om the Twenty ounce pippin, a large, smooth, dull-coloured 

 cooking apple. 



Twitchell's Sweet. 



Origin, Dublin, New Hampshire ; a vigorous grower and 

 very productive. Specimens received from Robert Wilson, 

 Keene, N. H. 



Fruit medium, conic, angular. Skin red, shaded with purple 

 and partially sprinkled with small grey dots. Stalk long and 

 slender, inserted in a deep cavity. Calyx small and closed, set 

 in an abrupt, plaited basin. Flesh very white, veined with red 

 under the skin and sometimes at the core, tender, very sweet 

 and pleasant. November, December. 



Vandevere. 



White Yandevere. Vandevere of Pa. 



Green Vandevere. Little Vandevere of Indiana. 



Stalclubs. 



The Vandevere is an old fruit, a native of Wilmington, Del., 

 and took its name from a family there, and when growing on 

 highly cultivated soil is much admired for culinary purposes, 

 but is sometimes subject to bitter rot, and is now mostly super- 

 seded by the Smoke house and Republican Pippin, which are 

 supposed to be seedlings of the old Vandever, and of much 

 better quality, moderate, horizontal growth, not very productive. 

 Fruit of medium size, oblate. Stem about an inch long, inserted 

 in a deep cavity. Calyx small and closed, set in a round moderate 

 basin. Colour waxen yellow, striped with red and covered with 

 numerous green dots. Flesh yellowish, compact, but tender, 

 with a fine rich, sub-acid flavour. October to January. 



Red Vandevere is said to be distinct and of better quality, 

 less subject to bitter rot. 



Vandyne. 

 Fruit large, roundish, slightly conic. Skin yellowish, with a 

 tinge of red and slightly sprinkled with brown and reddish dots. 

 Stalk rather slender, in a large cavity. Calyx closed, in a deep 

 uneven basin. Flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid, agreeable. 

 October. 



Vandevere Pippin. 



Indiana Vandevere. 

 Watson's Vandevere. 

 Big Vandevere. 



Origin supposed to be Indiana, a rapid grower, spreading, and 

 a moderate bearer. 



