Pfeiffer
ApplePfeiffer
Origin / History
From Berks County, Pennsylvania. Described in F.R. Elliott's The Western Fruit Book (1865), where it is entered under the name Pfeiffer.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Below medium, roundish.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Slender.
Cavity: Narrow.
Calyx: Rather large.
Basin: Wide, moderately deep, plaited.
Skin: Ground color yellowish green, sparsely streaked with red, the streaks more numerous on the shaded parts. On the side exposed to the sun, the ground is fawn colored, with the same sparse red streaking.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
July.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
Perhaps not identical. W. and D. differ in description.
View original book sources (1)
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Pfeiffer.
From Berks County, Pennsylvania. Size, below medium, roundish; sparsely streaked with red on a yellowish green ground, (on the shaded parts, the streaks being more numerous,) and on a fawn colored ground, on the side exposed to the sun; stem, slender; narrow cavity; calyx, rather large; basin, wide, moderately deep, plaited. July.