Lancaster Greening
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Lancaster Greening
Origin / History
Origin: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Also known as Lancaster Pippin.
Tree
Hardy and vigorous with a spreading habit. Young wood smooth and reddish brown. Buds prominent and flattened.
Fruit
Size & Form: Medium, roundish oblate, approaching conic.
Skin: Greenish, but when fully mature quite yellow. Occasionally a blush of crimson in the sun. Pretty thickly sprinkled with russet and crimson dots and patches of russet.
Stem: Slender.
Cavity: Deep, sometimes russeted.
Calyx: Small, closed.
Basin: Very shallow, corrugated.
Flesh & Flavor: Yellowish, compact, moderately juicy, pleasant, mild subacid. Quality: Very good.
Core & Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December to May.
Uses
Much valued as a long keeper.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Lancaster Greening. Lancaster Pippin. Origin, Lancaster Co., Pa. Tree hardy, vigorous, spreading. Young wood smooth, reddish brown. Buds prominent, flattened. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, approaching conic. Color greenish, but when fully mature quite yellow, occasionally a blush of crimson in the sun, and pretty thickly sprinkled with russet and crimson dots and patches of russet. Stalk slender. Cavity deep, sometimes russeted. Calyx small, closed. Basin very shallow, corrugated. Flesh yellowish, compact, moderately juicy, pleasant, mild subacid. Very good. December to May. Much valued as a long keeper.