Victoria Pippin
AppleVictoria Pippin
Origin / History
Victoria Pippin is a chance seedling that arose on the farm of John Benge, near Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland. Benge, being an Englishman, named it in honor of his Queen. The variety is valued in its locality for culinary purposes and for market.
Tree
Tree a healthy, vigorous grower, making a round, rather spreading head. Early and moderate bearer every year, but full crops on alternate years.
Fruit
Size: Medium to large.
Form: Oblate to roundish oblate.
Stem: Stalk short, small.
Cavity: Rather large, sometimes slight russet.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Broad, moderately deep, a little uneven.
Skin: Yellow, shaded, striped and splashed rather thinly over most of the surface with light and dark red.
Dots: Pretty thickly sprinkled with grayish and brown dots.
Flesh and flavor: Whitish yellow, rather coarse, juicy, sprightly subacid, and of good quality. Not a rich, high-flavored table apple.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Season September, October.
Uses
Highly valued in its locality for culinary purposes and for market. Not a rich, high-flavored table apple.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1901) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Victoria Pippin.
A chance seedling on the farm of John Benge, near Elkton, Cecil County, Md., and being an Englishman, named it in honor of his Queen. Tree a healthy, vigorous grower, making a round, rather spreading head; an early and moderate bearer every year, but full crops on alternate years; it is not a rich, high-flavored table apple, but is highly valued in its locality for culinary purposes and for market.
Fruit medium to large, oblate to roundish oblate; skin yellow, shaded, striped and splashed rather thinly over most of the surface with light and dark red, and pretty thickly sprinkled with grayish and brown dots; stalk short, small; cavity rather large, sometimes slight russet; calyx closed; basin broad, moderately deep, a little uneven; flesh whitish yellow, rather coarse, juicy, sprightly subacid, and of good quality. September, October.