Cat Pippin

Apple

Cat Pippin

Origin/History

Western Pennsylvania origin. Elliott (1865) lists several alternate names in historical use: West's Spitzenberg, Honemaker Pippin, Haymaker, and Hommacher Apfel.

Tree

Vigorous and productive. (Elliott, 1865.)

Fruit

Size/Form: Elliott (1865) describes the fruit as medium to large; Thomas (1903) describes it as rather large.

Skin: Greenish. (Both sources.)

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh greenish, juicy, sub-acid. (Elliott, 1865. Thomas, 1903, concurs on sub-acid character.)

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

December to April (Elliott, 1865). Thomas (1903) notes simply "Winter."

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

Doubtless identical with Cat. See A. 1852

View original book sources (2)

Cat Pippin. West's Spitzenberg, | Honemaker Pippin, Haymaker, " | Hommacher Apfel. Western Pennsylvania. Tree, vigorous, productive. Fruit, medium to large, greenish ; flesh, greenish, juicy, sub-acid. December to April.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Cat Pippin. Rather large, greenish; sub-acid. Winter. Western Pa.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Haymaker Hommacher Apfel Honemaker Pippin West Spitzenberg West's Spitzenberg Cut Pippin