This is a small, round apple, finely colored with red and yellow; the pulp is sweet, juicy, and agreeable. The wood of the tree is weak, but it is hardy, and bears well.--_Fors. Treat._ 200. 898. VANDERVERE. SYNONYME.--Stalcubs. The Vandervere, when in perfection, is one of the most beautiful and finest apples. But it requires a rich, light, sandy soil, as in a damp heavy soil, it is almost always liable to be spotted, unfair, and destitute of flavor. It is a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and took its name from a family there. It is a fine old variety, and is highly worthy of extensive cultivation, where the soil is favorable. Fruit, of medium size, flat. Skin, in its ground color, yellow, streaked and stained with clouded red, but on the sunny side, deepening into rich red, dotted with light grey specks. Stalk, short, inserted in a smooth, rather wide cavity. Calyx, small, closed, set in a regular, well formed, basin, of moderate depth. Flesh, yellow, crisp, and tender, with a rich and sprightly juice. October to January.--_Down. Fr. Amer._ 142. Such is the character of this apple in its native country; but on this side of the Atlantic, it ranks only as a second-rate fruit. If however, it were grown in a favorable situation as indicated above, it might be brought to a greater degree of perfection.--_H._ 899. WACKS APFEL. A medium sized cider apple, of oblong shape, pale yellow color, and in use from October till December.--_H. S. C._ n. 851. This cannot be the Wacksapfel of Diel, which is _flat_. 900. WALLACE WIGHT. A variety found in the Carse of Gowrie; but rare, the fruit is of good quality, and keeps well.--_M. C. H. S._ iv. 472. 901. WARD APPLE. This is a beautiful flat shaped apple, rather below the middle size, of a fine red towards the eye, and of a yellowish-green towards the footstalk. It is a sharp flavored fruit, and keeps till June.--_Fors. Treat._ 129. 902. WEISSE ANTILLISCHE WINTER REINETTE. A large, beautiful, and excellent German dessert apple. It is of a calville shape; the skin is tender, of a fine lemon color when at maturity, and with a slight blush of red on one side; the flesh is yellowish, fine, firm, and juicy, with a rich, sugary, and vinous flavor. It ripens in December, and keeps till March.--_Diel._ 903. WEISSE ITALIANISCHE ROSMARINAPFEL. An Italian dessert apple, much cultivated in Southern Germany. It is pearmain shaped; the skin is smooth, shining, and of a fine waxen yellow color, with pale red, and a few stripes on one side; the flesh is white, tender, and juicy, and of a rich, sugary, and vinous flavor. It ripens in December.--_Diel._ 904. WEISSE WACKS REINETTE. SYNONYMES.--Weisse Sommer Reinette; Reinette d’Eté Blanche.