Tobias Pippin
AppleTOBIAS PIPPIN
Origin and History
Received at the New York State Experiment Station from J. T. Macomber of Grand Isle, Vermont, in 1888. Practically unknown outside of the Lake Champlain district. Of pretty good size, fair to good quality, and rather attractive appearance for a yellow apple.
Tree
Moderately vigorous. Form upright spreading or roundish, dense. Twigs short to medium, straight, stout to somewhat slender, with large terminal buds; internodes short to medium. Bark clear brown with tinge of red, lightly streaked with scarf-skin, slightly pubescent near tips. Lenticels quite numerous, small to medium, roundish or somewhat elongated, not raised. Buds deeply set in bark, below medium to small, flat, obtuse, appressed, but slightly pubescent if at all. Tree comes into bearing rather young and produces full crops in alternate years.
Fruit
Size and Form
Varies from rather small to nearly large but when well grown averages above medium size. Form oblate conic to roundish ovate, often somewhat ribbed, fairly uniform.
Stem
Short to medium, moderately slender.
Cavity
Variable, rather large, varying from rather obtuse to nearly acuminate, moderately deep to deep, moderately narrow to broad, often furrowed or compressed, sometimes partly russeted and with outspreading russet.
Calyx
Small to medium, closed or partly open. Calyx tube funnel-form or nearly so. Stamens median to basal.
Basin
Small to medium, varying from shallow and narrow to medium in depth and width, abrupt, usually somewhat furrowed.
Skin
Rather tender, nearly smooth, rather glossy, yellow mottled and streaked with whitish scarf-skin, sometimes distinctly blushed.
Dots and Surface
Dots numerous, small, irregular, whitish and submerged or areolar with russet point.
Flesh and Flavor
Tinged with yellow, moderately firm, a little coarse, moderately crisp, rather tender, juicy, mild subacid becoming sweet, aromatic, good or sometimes very good.
Core and Seeds
Core below medium to rather large, somewhat abaxile; cells usually symmetrical, closed or partly open; core lines clasping the funnel cylinder. Carpels broadly elliptical, emarginate. Seeds numerous, rather dark brown, medium to small, plump, rather acute.
Season
Comes in season in October. Some portion of the crop may be kept until March, but in ordinary storage November is its commercial limit.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
As compared with standard sorts of its season, it does not appear to be worthy of general planting.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)TOBIAS PIPPIN.
REFERENCES. 1. Goff, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 7:90. 1888. 2. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bul., 248:146. 1904.
Tobias Pippin is of pretty good size, fair to good quality, and rather attractive appearance for a yellow apple. It comes in season in October and some portion of the crop may be kept till March, but in ordinary storage November is its commercial limit. The tree is a pretty good grower and as tested at this Station comes into bearing rather young and produces full crops in alternate years. As compared with standard sorts of its season it does not appear to be worthy of general planting. Received here for testing from J. T. Macomber, Grand Isle, Vt., in 1888. So far as we know it is practically unknown outside of the Lake Champlain district.
TREE.
Tree moderately vigorous. Form upright spreading or roundish, dense. Twigs short to medium, straight, stout to somewhat slender, with large terminal buds; internodes short to medium. Bark clear brown with tinge of red, lightly streaked with scarf-skin, slightly pubescent near tips. Lenticels quite numerous, small to medium, roundish or somewhat elongated, not raised. Buds deeply set in bark, below medium to small, flat, obtuse, appressed, but slightly pubescent if at all.
FRUIT.
Fruit varies from rather small to nearly large but when well grown averages above medium size. Form oblate conic to roundish ovate, often somewhat ribbed, fairly uniform. Stem short to medium, moderately slender. Cavity variable, rather large, varying from rather obtuse to nearly acuminate, moderately deep to deep, moderately narrow to broad, often furrowed or compressed, sometimes partly russeted and with outspreading russet. Calyx small to medium, closed or partly open. Basin small to medium, varying from shallow and narrow to medium in depth and width, abrupt, usually somewhat furrowed. Skin rather tender, nearly smooth, rather glossy, yellow mottled and streaked with whitish scarf-skin, sometimes distinctly blushed. Dots numerous, small, irregular, whitish and submerged or areolar with russet point.
Calyx tube funnel-form or nearly so. Stamens median to basal.
Core below medium to rather large, somewhat abaxile; cells usually symmetrical, closed or partly open; core lines clasping the funnel cylinder. Carpels broadly elliptical, emarginate. Seeds numerous, rather dark brown, medium to small, plump, rather acute.
Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately firm, a little coarse, moderately crisp, rather tender, juicy, mild subacid becoming sweet, aromatic, good or sometimes very good.