Smokehouse is a rather flattish, red-striped, yellow apple with tender, firm, yellowish, very juicy flesh.  It has a flavor like fresh cider.  Itr is very good for cooking, baking, and eating.  It is a long-term keeping lasting into March.  The tree is vigorous and productive.  Ripens in September and is very hardy.

Alternate Names:  English Vandervere, Gibbons Vandervere, Millcreek Vandervere, Millcreek, Red Vandervere, Smoke House

Smokehouse gots its name because it is an open pollinated seedling of the Vandervere apple variety that germinated and grew up alongside the smokehouse of a Lancaster, Pennsylvania farmer.  Good thing it wasn't the "out house".  It was introduced in 1837 and was once a staple variety for old Delaware and Pennsylvania farmers.

Many heirloom varieties have some natural resistance to apple scab and other diseases, since they were often discovered and grown well before fruit growers started to use chemicals for disease control. However, you may still want to be vigilant about fire blight, apple scab, and other fungal diseases and spray when the need arises. Protect from insect damage like normal.

Smokehous is vigorous and productive and shows some resistance to fire blight. A good reliable heirloom variety.

Height

12-15

Spread

10-15

Zone

3-8

Color

Stripey

Categories

Apple--- Hardy Varieties, 

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