Flanders Pippin

Apple

Flanders Pippin

Origin / History

From Berkshire, England (Downing). Bunyard gives the origin as unrecorded, probably continental. Often confused with Mère de Menage, from which Bunyard says it is quite distinct. George Bunyard & Co. (1901 catalogue) call it "a fine sort for orchards" and "a favourite in the West."

Tree

Growth moderate; fertile (Bunyard). Leaf rather large, roundish, pea green, nearly flat, sharply serrate.

Fruit

Size: Medium to large. Downing calls it medium; Bunyard moderately large, 3¾ by 2¾; George Bunyard & Co. large.

Form: Oblate, ribbed (Downing); flat conical, uneven (Bunyard).

Stem: Medium.

Cavity: Rather deep, russet.

Calyx: Eye closed (Bunyard).

Basin: Much ribbed (Bunyard).

Skin: Greenish yellow, dull red in the sun; Bunyard adds a brick-red flush and broad crimson stripes.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh white (Downing) or greenish yellow (Bunyard), firm, tender, juicy; brisk subacid (Downing) or acid with balsamic flavor (Bunyard). Fruit heavy (George Bunyard & Co.).

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October to January. Downing gives October, November; Bunyard November to January.

Uses

Cooking; culinary.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1900) from England

George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900 — listed as Flanders' Pippin
Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Flanders' Pippin

View original book sources (3)

Flanders Pippin. From Berkshire, England. Fruit medium, oblate, ribbed, greenish yellow, dull red in the sun. Flesh white, tender, juicy, brisk subacid. Cooking. October, November. (Hogg.)

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

FLANDERS PIPPIN. Culinary, November to January, moderately large, 3¾ by 2¾, flat conical, uneven. Colour, greenish-yellow with brick-red flush and broad crimson stripes. Flesh, firm, greenish-yellow, juicy and acid with balsamic flavour. Eye, closed in a much ribbed basin. Stem, medium, in a rather deep russet cavity. Growth, moderate; fertile. Leaf, rather large, roundish, pea green, nearly flat, sharply serrate. Origin, unrecorded. Probably continental. Often confused with Mère de Menage from which it is quite distinct.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Large, a fine sort for orchards, fruit firm and heavy; a favourite in the West.

— George Bunyard & Co., George Bunyard Fruit Catalogue (1901) (1901)

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