Stone Pippin
AppleStone Pippin
Origin / History
An old variety, first described by Lindley in his "Guide to the Fruit Garden." Bunyard calls it "a good old sort still grown in Norfolk."
Tree
Tree a free grower and abundant bearer (Downing). Growth vigorous; very fertile (Bunyard).
Fruit
Size: Below medium (Downing); medium, 2½ by 2 (Bunyard).
Form: Roundish (Downing); flat, angular, irregular (Bunyard).
Stem: Slender.
Cavity: Medium, deep.
Calyx: Eye open.
Basin: Shallow.
Skin: Yellowish green with a slight tinge of red in the sun (Downing); pale yellow, more or less covered with cinnamon russet (Bunyard).
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white (Downing) or pale yellow (Bunyard); firm, very firm in Bunyard's account. Flavor brisk, rich, sweet (Downing); subacid, aromatic and "very distinct in flavour" (Bunyard).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November to March (Downing). Dessert or culinary use till June (Bunyard).
Uses
A valuable long-keeping cooking fruit (Downing). Dessert or culinary (Bunyard).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
- Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920) — listed as NORFOLK STONE PIPPIN
View original book sources (2)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Stone Pippin.
Norfolk Stone Pippin. White Stone Pippin. White Pippin.
A valuable long-keeping cooking fruit. Tree a free grower and abundant bearer.
Fruit below medium, roundish, yellowish green, slight tinge of red in the sun. Flesh white, firm, brisk, rich, sweet. November to March.
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)NORFOLK STONE PIPPIN. (White Pippin, White Stone Pippin.) Dessert, or culinary, till June; medium, 2½ by 2, flat, angular, irregular. Colour, pale yellow, more or less covered with cinnamon russet. Flesh, very firm, pale yellow, sub-acid, aromatic and very distinct in flavour. Eye, open, in a shallow basin. Stem, slender in a medium, deep cavity. Growth, vigorous: very fertile. Origin, an old variety first described by Lindley in his "Guide to the Fruit Garden." A good old sort still grown in Norfolk.