Yellow Pippin
AppleYellow Pippin
Origin and History
Origin unknown; specimens under this name were received from B. O. Curtis, Edgar County, Illinois, whose father brought it from Adams County, Ohio, some sixty years ago. It is distinct from either the Green or Yellow Newtown Pippin in tree and fruit, and may prove to be the Newtown Pippin of Lewis Sanders, of Kentucky.
Tree
Hardy. A very thrifty upright grower. Rather late coming into bearing, but then bears abundant crops nearly every year.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, roundish oblate, slightly angular, often slightly oblique, somewhat flattened at the ends.
Skin: Deep yellow, sometimes a shade of light red, with many brown dots.
Stem (Stalk): Short, small.
Cavity: Medium, deep, with slight russet.
Calyx: Open, or nearly so.
Basin: Medium, quite deep, slightly wrinkled.
Flesh and Flavor: Pale yellow, half fine, half firm, crisp, juicy, rich, subacid, slightly aromatic, and very good.
Core: Small.
Season and Storage
Commences to ripen in January and continues in use till April, and longer with care.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Yellow Pippin.
Origin unknown; specimens under this name were received from B. O. Curtis, Edgar County, Ill., whose father brought it from Adams County, Ohio, some sixty years ago; it is distinct from either the Green or Yellow Newtown Pippin in tree and fruit, and may prove to be the Newtown Pippin of Lewis Sanders, of Kentucky. Tree hardy, a very thrifty upright grower, rather late coming into bearing, but then bears abundant crops nearly every year. Commences to ripen in January and continues in use till April, and longer with care.
Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly angular, often slightly oblique, somewhat flattened at the ends; skin deep yellow, sometimes a shade of light red, and many brown dots; stalk short, small; cavity medium, deep, slight russet; calyx open, or nearly so; basin medium, quite deep, a little wrinkled; flesh pale yellow, half fine, half firm, crisp, juicy, rich, subacid, slightly aromatic, and very good; core small. January to April.