Cambusnethan Pippin

Apple

Cambusnethan Pippin

Origin / History

A Scotch variety (Downing). Raised by Mr. Paton, gardener at Cambusnethan House, about 1750 (Bunyard). Bunyard says it is "much appreciated in the North of England, but of no remarkable merit in the South."

Tree

Growth compact; fertile. Leaf roundish, upfolded, undulating, regularly crenate (Bunyard).

Fruit

Size: Medium; 3 by 2 (Bunyard).

Form: Roundish; flat, round, regular (Bunyard).

Stem: Of medium length.

Cavity: Fairly deep.

Calyx: Eye open.

Basin: Very wide, even.

Skin: Light yellow to pale yellow, striped and shaded with crimson and dark red; the red in broad, broken stripes and flush (Bunyard).

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Yellowish, juicy, subacid; soft, of fair flavor (Bunyard). Downing rates it "Good to very good."

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Recorded from September to December. Downing gives "September, December"; Bunyard gives October to December.

Uses

Culinary or dessert (Bunyard).

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1845) from Massachusetts

Winship's Nursery (Brighton Nurseries , operated by the Winship family), Brighton (Boston) , Massachusetts — 1845 — listed as Winter Red Streak

View original book sources (2)

Cambusnethan Pippin. Winter Red Streak. Watch Apple. A Scotch variety, medium, roundish, light yellow, striped and shaded with crimson and dark red. Flesh yellowish, juicy, subacid. Good to very good. September, December.

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

CAMBUSNETHAN PIPPIN. Culinary or dessert, October to December, medium, 3 by 2, flat, round, regular. Colour, pale yellow with broad, broken red stripes and flush. Flesh, soft, yellowish, fair flavour. Eye, open in a very wide even basin. Stem, of medium length in a fairly deep cavity. Growth, compact; fertile. Leaf, roundish, upfolded, undulating, regularly crenate. Origin, raised by Mr. Paton, gardener at Cambusnethan House, about 1750. It is much appreciated in the North of England, but of no remarkable merit in the South.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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