Cavity acute, rather deep, brown; Stem medium.
Core large, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, long, pointed; Flesh yellow, or greenish-yellow, fine-grained, breaking, juicy; Sub-acid; Second quality; Use market and cooking; from March until May.
Newtown Spitzenberg.—[COXE.]
VANDERVERE, OF NEW YORK (Downing)—OX-EYE—JOE BERRY, ETC.
Origin, Newtown, Long Island.
Tree sufficiently vigorous, not of the largest size, spreading, compact, round head, foliage rather small, curled, showing the whitish underside. Productive.
Fruit medium to large, regular, globular-oblate, often inclined or lop-sided when overgrown in young orchards, apt to be scabby and defective on old trees, and falls badly; Surface smooth, deep red, mixed and striped, on rich yellow ground, often over-spread with whitish, giving the fruit a gray appearance; Dots numerous, minute, fawn color on dark specimens.
Basin medium, regular; Eye small, closed.
Cavity regular, medium, brown; Stem short.