Easter Pippin

Apple

Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)

Easter Pippin

Origin/History

Easter Pippin is an English variety. It has been noted in American pomological literature under several alternate names, appearing in sources from the mid-to-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries including Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) and Elliott's The Western Fruit Book (1865). Thomas's The American Fruit Culturist (1903) cross-references "Claremont Pippin" as a name leading back to Easter Pippin. Easter Pippin is remarkable for its exceptional keeping quality, being capable of remaining sound and firm for two years.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size

Medium.

Form

Roundish.

Stem

Not described in source.

Cavity

Not described in source.

Calyx

Not described in source.

Basin

Not described in source.

Skin

Deep green, with a pale brown (Elliott: brownish) blush.

Flesh and Flavor

Flesh is greenish (Elliott) and very firm (Downing). Downing describes the flesh as not juicy but of a good subacid flavor. Elliott characterizes the variety as inferior in eating quality.

Core and Seeds

Not described in source.

Season

November to June (Elliott). Downing notes the fruit is remarkable for keeping sound and firm for two years.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1913) from England, Illinois

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (3)

Easter Pippin. Young's Long Keeping. Ironstone Pippin. Claremont Pippin. French Crab. Forsyth (not of Coxe). Remarkable for keeping sound and firm two years. It is an English variety. Fruit of medium size. Skin deep green, with a pale brown blush. Flesh very firm, and though not juicy, of a good subacid flavor.

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

Easter Pippin. Young's Long Keeper, | Ironstone Pippin, Claremont Pippin, | French Crab. Foreign. Medium, roundish, deep green, brownish blush ; flesh, greenish, inferior. November to June.

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

Claremont Pippin. See Easter Pippin.

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

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