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'''Ohio Pippin''' is a heritage apple variety preserved in Central Oregon orchards.
'''Read the full entry:''' [https://heritageapplecorps.org/varieties/ohio-pippin-shannon-apple/ Ohio Pippin (Shannon) on the Variety Finder] for deeper history, every book quote, and all nursery catalog references.


'''Ohio Pippin''' is a apple variety found in 1 tree(s) across Central Oregon heritage orchards.
== Quick Facts ==
 
== Description ==
'''Ohio Pippin''' is a heritage apple variety with a rich history in American orchards.
 
=== Characteristics ===
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! Attribute !! Details
| '''Type''' || Apple
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| '''Season''' || Winter
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| '''Flavor''' || pleasant, subacid
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| '''Size''' || Large
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| '''Origin''' || Ohio, USA; early 1800s
| '''Shape''' || Oblate Conic
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| '''Harvest Season''' || Late fall (October)
| '''Skin color''' || yellow, red
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| '''Flavor Profile''' || Pleasant, slightly tart flavor; firm flesh
| '''Flesh''' || Yellow juicy
|-
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| '''Storage''' || Good - stores well
| '''Origin''' || Ohio, USA
|}
|}


=== Uses ===
== Synonyms ==
* Fresh eating
Shannon
* Cooking
 
* Cider
== Fruit ==
'''Size and Form:'''
Large, often very large. Form roundish oblate, somewhat conical, and irregular.
 
'''Surface:'''
Smooth. Color yellow, sometimes with mottled red blush. Dots small and gray.


=== History ===
'''Stem:'''
A regional variety from Ohio that represents the westward spread of apple cultivation in the early 19th century. 'Pippin' varieties were highly valued by early settlers for their keeping qualities.
Short and stout.


== Trees ==
'''Cavity:'''
* [[Cyrus Tree 19|Cyrus #19]] (poor)
Wide, with wavy or regular outline. Russeted.


== USDA Pomological Watercolors ==
'''Basin:'''
<gallery mode="packed" heights="250">
Wide, deep, and wrinkled.
File:USDA_Pomological_Ohio_Pippin_POM00000361.jpg|POM00000361 by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arlington
File:USDA_Pomological_Ohio_Pippin_POM00000362.jpg|POM00000362 by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arlington
File:USDA_Pomological_Ohio_Pippin_POM00000363.jpg|POM00000363 by Arnold, Mary Daisy, Arlington
</gallery>


<small>U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705</small>
'''Calyx:'''
Large or very large, open. Segments short.
 
'''Core:'''
Closed, meeting, small.
 
'''Seeds:'''
Many, medium plump. Some imperfect.
 
'''Flesh and Flavor:'''
Yellowish, tender, juicy. Flavor pleasant, sharp subacid. Quality: good.
 
== Season ==
November to January.
 
== Uses ==
Not described in source.
 
== Sources ==
* J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914). Public domain.
* '''Full entry with all citations:''' [https://heritageapplecorps.org/varieties/ohio-pippin-shannon-apple/ Ohio Pippin (Shannon) on the Variety Finder]
 
== Trees of this Variety in Our Collection ==
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[[Category:Preserved at Clarno]]

Latest revision as of 13:26, 28 April 2026

Ohio Pippin
Species Apple
Trees Found 1
Orchards Cyrus
Preserved Clarno Arboretum(2025)

Ohio Pippin is a heritage apple variety preserved in Central Oregon orchards. Read the full entry: Ohio Pippin (Shannon) on the Variety Finder for deeper history, every book quote, and all nursery catalog references.

Quick Facts

Type Apple
Season Winter
Flavor pleasant, subacid
Size Large
Shape Oblate Conic
Skin color yellow, red
Flesh Yellow juicy
Origin Ohio, USA

Synonyms

Shannon

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, often very large. Form roundish oblate, somewhat conical, and irregular.

Surface: Smooth. Color yellow, sometimes with mottled red blush. Dots small and gray.

Stem: Short and stout.

Cavity: Wide, with wavy or regular outline. Russeted.

Basin: Wide, deep, and wrinkled.

Calyx: Large or very large, open. Segments short.

Core: Closed, meeting, small.

Seeds: Many, medium plump. Some imperfect.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish, tender, juicy. Flavor pleasant, sharp subacid. Quality: good.

Season

November to January.

Uses

Not described in source.

Sources

Trees of this Variety in Our Collection

 OrchardTagCondition
Cyrus Tree 19Cyrus19poor