Streaked Pippin

Streaked Pippin. Red Pippin. Hempstead. Quaker of some. Skunk, erroneously. Origin, Westbury, Long Island, N. Y. Tree thrifty, hardy, vigorous, spreading, and productive. Fruit large, roundish oblong, pale yellow, shaded, splashed, and striped with rich red, few bright and gray dots. Stalk short, small. Cavity narrow, sometimes russeted. Calyx closed. Basin slightly corrugated. Flesh yellow, a little coarse, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic. Good to very good. November to January.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

STREAKED PIPPIN.

REFERENCES. 1. Downing, 1869:362. 2. Burrill and McCluer, Ill. Sta. Bul., 45:342. 1896. 3. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bul., 248:145. 1904.

SYNONYMS. Hempstead (1). Quaker of some (1). Red Pippin (1). Skunk, erroneously (1).

Fruit large, yellow streaked with red, the yellow usually predominating. It is pretty uniform in size and when highly colored rather attractive in appearance. It ranks good to very good in quality either for dessert or culinary use. On Long Island it is grown more commonly than any other variety except Rhode Island Greening. In that portion of the state it is in season during late fall and early winter but as grown at this Station it keeps till February with practically no loss (3) and its season extends to April or May. It is not sufficiently attractive in color to be desirable for general market purposes but it sells well in Long Island local markets. This variety is grown successfully on sandy or gravelly loam and also does well on clay loam. It is hardy, healthy, longlived, vigorous, comes into bearing moderately young and is a reliable cropper, yielding moderate to heavy crops biennially or almost annually. The crop ripens rather unevenly and there is considerable loss from dropping of the fruit. It appears from reports received from Northern and Northwestern New York that in some portions of those regions an inferior variety is known locally under the name Streaked Pippin but we have not seen this fruit.

Historical. Origin, Westbury, N. Y. It is generally cultivated on Long Island and occasionally is found in the Hudson valley but it is little known in other portions of the state.

TREE.

Tree large, moderately vigorous to very vigorous. Form upright becoming wide-spreading and very drooping, rather dense. Twigs medium to short, straight, stout to rather slender; internodes medium to short. Bark clear reddish-brown tinged with olive-green, lightly streaked with scarf-skin, slightly pubescent. Lenticels quite numerous, but not very conspicuous, medium to small, roundish or elongated, slightly raised. Buds medium size, broad, plump, acute to obtuse, free, slightly pubescent.

FRUIT.

Fruit large, uniform in size and shape. Form roundish oblong to roundish conic, often faintly ribbed, symmetrical. Stem short to medium, slender to moderately thick. Cavity acuminate, sometimes acute, moderately narrow to rather broad, often slightly furrowed, occasionally compressed, sometimes lipped, sometimes russeted. Calyx small to medium, closed or partly open; lobes usually short, obtuse. Basin shallow, narrow and obtuse, varying to medium in width and depth and somewhat abrupt, often somewhat furrowed. Skin thin, tough, nearly smooth, covered with a thin whitish bloom which gives a slightly dull effect, bright and glossy when polished, predominantly yellow or greenish partly mottled and blushed with orange-red and distinctly striped with bright carmine. Dots rather numerous and conspicuous, whitish or with russet point, often areolar. Calyx tube conical. Stamens median. Core rather large, abaxile; cells open or partly closed; core lines slightly clasping. Carpels much concave, broadly roundish or approaching elliptical, mucronate, slightly tufted. Seeds medium to large, rather plump, acute to obtuse, somewhat tufted. Flesh whitish tinged with yellow, firm, rather coarse, breaking, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic, good to very good.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)

STREAKED PIPPIN. Hempstead. Quaker. Red Pippin. Streaked Pippin is characterized by the size and color of its fruit. The apples are large, sometimes very large, predominantly yellow, but always distinctly streaked with red. They rank from good to very good in quality either for dessert or for culinary purposes. The trees are satisfactory, excepting that they ripen their crop unevenly and do not hold it to maturity. The variety originated at Westbury, Long Island, and was first noticed in 1869. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, drooping, dense. Fruit large, uniform in size and shape, round-oblong or round-conic, often faintly ribbed, symmetrical; stem short to medium, slender to thick; cavity acuminate, narrow, often furrowed, occasionally compressed, sometimes lipped, sometimes russeted; calyx small, closed or open; lobes short, obtuse; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse to wide and abrupt, often furrowed; skin thin, tough, smooth, covered with thin bloom which gives a dull effect, predominantly yellow, mottled and blushed with orange-red and distinctly striped with carmine; dots numerous and conspicuous, white or with russet point, often areolar; calyx-tube conical; stamens median; core large, abaxile; cells open or partly closed; core-lines clasping; carpels very concave, broadly roundish or approaching elliptical, mucronate, tufted; seeds medium to large, plump, acute, tufted; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, breaking, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, aromatic; good to very good; November to February.

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)