Dobb's Kernel Golden Pippin
AppleDobb's Kernel Golden Pippin
Origin / History
From Gloucester, England. Recorded by A.J. Downing in The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), where it is described as "only estimated over the old Golden Pippin because of more free growth, and more productive."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit small.
Form: Oblate.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Golden yellow.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh firm, crisp, sharp subacid. Rich.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
March to April.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Cited in the source as "(Ron.)."
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Dobb's Kernel Golden Pippin. From Gloucester, England, and only estimated over the old Golden Pippin because of more free growth, and more productive. Fruit small, oblate, rich, golden yellow. Flesh firm, crisp, sharp subacid. March to April. (Ron.)