Pitmaston Golden Pippin
ApplePITMASTON GOLDEN PIPPIN
Origin / History
Raised by Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, about 1838, "probably from a seed of the Golden Pippin" (Bunyard). Bunyard calls it "a very nice little fruit now seldom met."
Tree
Growth moderate; fertile.
Fruit
Size: Small; 2⅔ by 2⅓ (Bunyard).
Form: Round, flattened at top.
Stem: Very slender and short.
Cavity: Very even and narrow.
Calyx: Eye wide open.
Basin: Very broad and shallow.
Skin: Rough; pale yellowish brown russet (Hogg). Bunyard gives pale golden-yellow with russet and a very faint brown-red flush.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh deep yellow, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet (Hogg). Bunyard gives yellow, very crisp and juicy, "nicely flavoured."
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December to January. Dessert, till January (Bunyard).
Uses
Dessert.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Bunyard refers the bare name Pitmaston to Pitmaston Nonpareil.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Pitmaston Golden Pippin.
Fruit small, round, rough, pale yellowish brown russet. Flesh deep yellow, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet. December. (Hogg.)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)PITMASTON GOLDEN PIPPIN. Dessert, till January, small, 2⅔ by 2⅓, round, flattened at top. Colour, pale golden-yellow with russet and very faint brown-red flush. Flesh, yellow, very crisp and juicy, nicely flavoured. Eye, wide open in a very broad and shallow basin. Stem, very slender and short in a very even and narrow cavity. Growth, moderate; fertile. Origin, raised by Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, about 1838, "probably from a seed of the Golden Pippin." A very nice little fruit now seldom met.
Pitmaston : see Pitmaston Nonpareil.