Green Mountain Pippin
AppleGreen Mountain Pippin
Origin / History
From Georgia, and much grown there as a market fruit.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Oblate or roundish, inclining to oblong; flattened at base and crown.
Stem: Medium, curved.
Cavity: Rather broad, deep, surrounded with russet.
Calyx: Open.
Basin: Broad, shallow.
Skin: Greenish yellow.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, crisp, juicy, tender; flavor pleasant, vinous (Elliott), or pleasant subacid (Downing). Quality "Good" (Downing).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November to February.
Uses
Market fruit.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)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.
— 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, roundish, inclining to oblong, flattened at base and crown, greenish yellow. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, tender, pleasant subacid. Good. November, February.