NUTMEG PIPPIN

Apple

Origin/History Origin unrecorded. Lindley considered this to be the same as Cockles Pippin, but the fruit grown in Kent is quite distinct.

Tree Growth slender; fairly fertile.

Fruit

Size: Small; 2 by 2
Form: Flattened conical, irregular
Skin: Pale yellow almost covered with cinnamon russet, with faint brown red flush
Stem: Very short in a very narrow, shallow russet cavity
Calyx/Basin: Eye open in a shallow basin with prominent knobs
Flesh: Crisp, pale yellow, juicy and pleasantly flavoured

Core/Seeds Not described in source.

Season Dessert apple, keeping until March.

Uses Dessert.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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NUTMEG PIPPIN. (Cockles Pippin (error).) Dessert, till March, small, 2 by 2, flattened conical, irregular. Colour, pale yellow almost covered with cinnamon russet, with faint brown red flush. Flesh, crisp, pale yellow, juicy and pleasantly flavoured. Eye, open in a shallow basin which has prominent knobs. Stem, very short in a very narrow, shallow russet cavity. Growth, slender; fairly fertile. Origin, unrecorded. Lindley considered this to be the same as Cockles Pippin, but the fruit grown in Kent is quite distinct. A nice little fruit in March.

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

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