Cluster Golden Pippin

Apple

Origin/History An old variety.

Tree Hardy tree with a slender growth habit. Good bearer. Produces its fruit in clusters, often with two fruits united or grown together.

Fruit

Form and Size: Small, round, flattened
Skin: Yellow, with orange in the sun, and patches of gray russet
Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish, firm, crisp, subacid perfumed

Season November to March. (Hogg.)

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Cluster Golden Pippin. Cluster Pippin. Twin Cluster Pippin. Thickset. An old variety. A hardy tree, slender grower, good bearer, producing its fruit in clusters, and often with two fruits united or grown together. Fruit small, round, flattened, yellow, with orange in the sun, and patches of gray russet. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, subacid perfumed. November to March. (Hogg.)

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

Cluster Pippin Golden Cluster Pippin Thickset Twin Cluster Pippin