Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Vandervere Apple
Vandervere is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1806). It was grown primarily for cooking. Flesh is yellow, firm, juicy, acid. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study, painted by Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Vandervere |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Blair, Tyrone |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003915.
