White Summer Pippin

Apple

White Summer Pippin

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Roundish.

Skin: Straw color, mottled and variegated with russet and purple spots.

Flesh/Flavor: Tender and delicious.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

August. Best eaten fresh off the tree.

Uses

Early dessert apple.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Description drawn from Ronalds.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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White Summer Pippin. An early dessert Apple, described in Ronalds as of medium size, roundish, straw color, mottled and variegated with some russet and purple spots. Flesh tender and delicious, if eaten off the tree in August.

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

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