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Christie's Pippin

Apple

Origin/History

Kingston-on-Thames, England.

Tree

Slender growth; good bearer.

Fruit

  • Size: Medium
  • Form: Oblate
  • Skin: Lemon yellow with faint red stripes, russety dots
  • Flesh/Flavor: Yellowish, tender, agreeable, mild subacid

Season

December to February

Uses

Dessert apple of the first quality.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Christie's Pippin.

Origin, Kingston-on-Thames, England. Tree of slender growth, good bearer.

Fruit medium, oblate, lemon yellow, with faint red stripes, russety dots. Flesh yellowish, tender, agreeable, mild subacid. December to February. A dessert apple of the first quality. (Ron.)

A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
Pepin de Christie