Dansie Pipka

Apple

Origin/History

Russia.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, roundish oblong, somewhat conical, truncated.

Skin: Unctuous; ground color green, often with bronze cheek. Dots minute, white, some russet, numerous.

Stem: Short.

Cavity: Very narrow, deep, acute, slightly russeted.

Basin: Small, shallow, wide, corrugated around the eye.

Calyx: Closed; segments long, narrow, divergent.

Core: Open.

Flesh and Flavor: White, juicy, coarse grained, subacid, good.

Season

Late fall.

Uses

Table or kitchen.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Dansie Pipka (No. 25 M)—Origin, Russia—Fruit large, roundish oblong, somewhat conical, truncated; surface unctuous, green, often with bronze cheek; dots minute, white, some russet, numerous; cavity very narrow, deep, acute, slightly russeted; stem short; basin small, shallow, wide, corrugated around the eye; calyx closed, segments long, narrow, divergent. Core open; flesh white, juicy, coarse grained, subacid, good. Table or kitchen. Late fall.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

No. 25 M