Large, yellow fall apple. Good flavor and keeper. Flesh tender, rich and of very good quality. Excellent for eating but especially desirable for culinary use.
USDA identification images for Fall Pippin
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Tree register
United States
- Christopher in Burrillville, RI
- Gil Schieber in Snohomish, WA
- James Dierberger in Hebron, CT
Spring blossom records for this variety
2018 season
- 7th April 2018 - tree owned by Gil in Snohomish, United States
2017 season
- 7th April 2017 - tree owned by Gil in Snohomish, United States
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Harvest records for this variety
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1948-638
Identification
- Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
- Flesh colour: White
- Fruit size: Average
- Fruit size: Large
- Fruit shape: Round
- Fruit shape: Flat-round
- Fruit size: Very large
- Fruit size: Variable
Using
- Picking season: Mid
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sweet/Sharp
- Flavour style (apples): Sharper
- Flavour style (apples): Aromatic
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Drying
Growing
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Ploidy: Triploid
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Fall Pippin:
United States
California
Connecticut
- Seek No Further Orchard, Hebron
New York
- Soons Orchards Inc., New Hampton
Washington
- Skipley Farm, Snohomish *** Feature Orchard ***