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SCARLET GOLDEN PIPPIN

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SCARLET GOLDEN PIPPIN

Origin and History The SCARLET GOLDEN PIPPIN originated as a bud sport of the Golden Pippin in Scotland around 1820.

Tree Growth is moderate; the variety is fertile.

Fruit Very small, 1⅝ by 1¼ inches, with a square round form. The skin is yellow, nearly covered with a scarlet flush. The flesh is crisp, yellow, and aromatic. The eye is open, set in a shallow basin. The stem is rather long and slender, set in a small cavity.

Season and Storage A dessert variety keeping until March.

Uses Dessert apple; suitable for eating fresh.

Other The SCARLET GOLDEN PIPPIN is now little grown and of no remarkable merit.

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Described in 1 period pomological work

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SCARLET GOLDEN PIPPIN. Her. Pom., 37. Dessert, till March, very small, 1⅝ by 1¼, square round. Colour, yellow, nearly covered with scarlet flush. Flesh, crisp, yellow, aromatic. Eye, open, in a shallow basin. Stem, rather long, and slender in a small cavity. Growth moderate; fertile. Origin, as a bud sport of Golden Pippin in Scotland, about 1820. Now little grown and of no remarkable merit.

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