Shannon Pippin
AppleShannon Pippin
Origin and History
The origin of this apple is disputed. Some assert that it is the Ohio Pippin, which was taken from Indiana to Arkansas by a Mr. Rector in 1833. Others claim it is a distinct variety.
According to Richard Thurston, of Van Buren, Arkansas, who had lived in the state for over thirty years and was well acquainted with the apple, Shannon Pippin is distinct from the Ohio Pippin. Thurston's account relates that Granville Shannon, approximately thirty-five years prior, purchased a number of apple trees of various kinds from a tree-peddler near Evansville, Arkansas. When the trees fruited, the labels had been lost, and the trees were consequently named Shannon Pippin. Multiple trees of this variety resulted from the purchase.
Tree
The tree is a strong, vigorous grower of spreading habit. It is not an early bearer, but when established produces good crops on alternate years. The fruit ripens in succession from September to December. It is a popular and valuable apple in its locality.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large to very large; oblate, slightly conical.
Skin: Pale yellow, deep yellow in the sun; a few gray dots.
Stem: Very short, moderately stout.
Cavity: Broad, deep; sometimes slight russet.
Calyx: Closed or nearly so.
Basin: Broad, moderately deep, slightly corrugated.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish yellow, rather coarse, juicy, tender, mild subacid; quality good to very good.
Core: Small.
Season
Ripens in succession from September to December.
Uses
Popular and valuable apple in its locality (Arkansas).
Storage
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Shannon Pippin.
The origin of this apple is disputed, some asserting that it is the Ohio Pippin, taken from Indiana to Arkansas by a Mr. Rector in 1833; others that it is a distinct variety. Mr. Richard Thurston, of Van Buren, Ark., writes that he has lived in that State over thirty years, is well acquainted with the apple, and that it is distinct from the Ohio Pippin; that Granville Shannon, some thirty-five years ago, bought of a tree-peddler near Evansville, Ark., a number of apple trees of various kinds, and when they fruited, the labels being lost, they were named Shannon Pippin, and there were several of this kind. The tree is said to be a strong, vigorous grower, of a spreading habit; not an early bearer, but when established produces good crops on alternate years, ripening in succession from September to December, and is a popular and valuable apple in that locality.
Fruit large to very large, oblate, slightly conical; skin pale yellow, deep yellow in the sun, and a few gray dots; stalk very short, moderately stout; cavity broad, deep, sometimes slight russet; calyx closed or nearly so; basin broad, moderately deep, slightly corrugated; flesh whitish yellow, rather coarse, juicy, tender, mild subacid; good to very good; core small.