Birmingham Pippin

Apple

Birmingham Pippin

Origin/History Not described in source.

Tree Tree of small growth, with short, stout shoots, productive.

Fruit

Size and Form: Small, roundish flattened.

Skin: Dingy yellow with gray russet, especially russeted at base.

Flesh and Flavor: Greenish, crisp, juicy, brisk, pleasant.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season January to June.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Birmingham Pippin. Gramas Pippin. Stone Pippin. Brammage Pippin. Grammage Pippin. Tree of small growth, with short, stout shoots, productive. Fruit small, roundish flattened, dingy yellow, with gray russet, especially russeted at base. Flesh greenish, crisp, juicy, brisk, pleasant. January to June. (Lind.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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