Green Mountain Pippin

Apple

Green Mountain Pippin

Origin/History

From Georgia, and much grown there as a market fruit.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Both sources agree the fruit is inclined to oblong and flattened at the base and crown. Downing (1900) characterizes the form as roundish inclining to oblong; Elliott (1865) characterizes it as oblate inclining to oblong.

Stem: Medium length, curved (Elliott).

Cavity: Rather broad and deep, surrounded with russet (Elliott).

Calyx: Open (Elliott).

Basin: Broad and shallow (Elliott).

Skin: Greenish yellow.

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, crisp, juicy, and tender. Downing describes the flavor as a pleasant subacid; Elliott describes it as a pleasant vinous flavor.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November to February.

Uses

Market fruit.

Quality

Rated "Good" by Downing.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Green Mountain Pippin. From Georgia, and much grown there as a market fruit. Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to oblong, flattened at base and crown, greenish yellow. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, tender, pleasant subacid. Good. November, February.

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

Green Mountain Pippin. From Georgia, and much grown there as a market fruit. Fruit, medium, oblate, inclining to oblong, flattened at base and crown ; skin, greenish yellow ; stalk, medium, curved, in a rather broad, deep cavity, surrounded with russet ; calyx, open, in a broad, shallow basin ; flesh, white, crisp, juicy, tender, with a pleasant vinous flavor. November and February.

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

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