English Pippin
AppleEnglish Pippin
Origin and History
A Russian apple variety, documented in American pomological society reports and agricultural experiment station publications from 1887 to 1904.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large fruit, variable in form. Shape ranges from roundish oblate to oblate conic, sometimes inclined to oblong truncate. Distinctly ribbed; sides sometimes unequal.
Stem: Short, usually not exserted.
Cavity: Acuminate, rather wide, moderately deep, russeted 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 a shade of brownish-red overspread with a thin white bloom. Dots minute, pale or russet.
Interior and Core Structure: Calyx tube cone-shaped or approaching funnel-form. Stamens median. Core large, somewhat abaxile; cells partly open; core lines meeting. Seeds medium size, obtuse.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately juicy, fine-grained, sprightly subacid. Fair to good in quality.
Season
Late September to November.
Uses
The English Pippin is inferior in quality to standard varieties of its season and is not recommended for planting in New York.
Subtypes or Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
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.