English Pippin
AppleEnglish Pippin
Origin / History
A Russian apple. Inferior in quality to standard varieties of its season. Not recommended for planting in New York.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Form variable, roundish oblate to oblate conic or inclined to oblong truncate, ribbed; sides sometimes unequal.
Stem: Stem short, usually not exserted.
Cavity: Cavity acuminate, rather wide, moderately deep, russeted and with outspreading russet.
Calyx: Calyx medium size, closed; lobes usually erect or connivent. Calyx tube cone-shape or approaching funnel-form. Stamens median.
Basin: Basin medium in width to rather narrow, deep, abrupt, irregularly furrowed.
Skin: Skin yellow or greenish, sometimes with shade of brownish-red overspread with thin white bloom.
Dots: Dots minute, pale or russet.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately juicy, fine-grained, sprightly subacid, fair to good in quality.
Core and seeds: Core large, somewhat abaxile; cells partly open; core lines meeting. Seeds medium size, obtuse.
Season
Season late September to November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Cited in: Gibb, American Pomological Society Report, 1887:50; Troop, Indiana Station Bulletin 53:123, 1894; Budd, Iowa Station Bulletin 31:328, 1895; Beach, Western New York Horticultural Society Report, 1896:51; Troop, Indiana Station Annual Report 12:79, 1899; Budd, Iowa Station Bulletin 41:185, 1899; Beach and Clark, New York Station Bulletin 248:118, 1904.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)ENGLISH PIPPIN.
REFERENCES. 1. Gibb, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1887:50. 2. Troop, Ind. Sta. Bul., 53:123. 1894. 3. Budd, Ia. Sta. Bul., 31:328. 1895. 4. Beach, W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1896:51. 5. Troop, Ind. Sta. An. Rpt., 12:79. 1899. 6. Budd, Ia. Sta. Bul., 41:185. 1899. 7. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bul., 248:118. 1904.
SYNONYMS. ENGLISH PIPPIN (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Englischer Pepping (1). No. 587 (1). Pepping Englischer (1).
A Russian apple inferior in quality to standard varieties of its season. Not recommended for planting in New York.
FRUIT.
Fruit large. Form variable, roundish oblate to oblate conic or inclined to oblong truncate, ribbed; sides sometimes unequal. Stem short, usually not exserted. Cavity acuminate, rather wide, moderately deep, russeted and with outspreading russet. Calyx medium size, closed; lobes usually erect or connivent. Basin medium in width to rather narrow, deep, abrupt, irregularly furrowed.
Skin yellow or greenish, sometimes with shade of brownish-red overspread with thin white bloom. Dots minute, pale or russet.
Calyx tube cone-shape or approaching funnel-form. Stamens median.
Core large, somewhat abaxile; cells partly open; core lines meeting. Seeds medium size, obtuse.
Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately juicy, fine-grained, sprightly subacid, fair to good in quality.
Season late September to November.