Newtown Pippin apple

Newtown Pippin apple identification images

All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.

USDA identification images for Newtown 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.

Visitor reviews

• 31 Aug 2024 

  I have a tree outside my bedroom window and the last 10 years enjoy watching the Newton Pippin apples grow watching their color with a little bit of blushing with anticipation to pick pill early and make some pies, tarts, and just plain enjoying the flavor of a tart sweet crisp flavor organic apple. It is In my opinion of the job Apple due to flavor , versatility, and abundance.
• 01 May 2023 

  Where can they be found. I live in Delaware
• 16 Apr 2023 

  When our children were small, we would take them to Old Wagon Farm in Holmdel, NJ to enjoy the festivities and to buy my Pippins for pie. YUM !
• 01 Oct 2022 

  Newtown Pippins are one of the best apples I've ever tasted -- and I'm an old man, I've tasted quite a few. Wonderful complex flavor, tart and sweet, decent texture -- hard to explain why this apple is so good but it is. Oddly enough, I just read about its history and discovered that it's named for a 17th or 18th century farm which was located three miles away from where I live.
• 20 Feb 2022  GA, United States

  I am in Georgia and just purchased my first Newtown Pippin. I need recommendations on a pollinator! Zone 7b
• 08 Oct 2018  WA, United States

  It is getting harder and harder to find Newtown Pippins. They used to be readily available in grocery stores in Seattle, but no longer. For me, they were a favorite for eating out of hand and also for pies. Now I can get them only at the farmers' market and only if a freeze didn't occur.
• 16 Sep 2016  NY, United States

  Even though this apple variety is supposed to be a native New Yorker, one of the only places I can find it is at the Samascott Orchards stand at the Friday Union Square Farmer's Market. I gave a twenty minute talk on apples and this was people's favorite: crisp with a great balance of tart and sweet. This is a complex apple and it doesn't surprise me that Thomas Jefferson wrote back from France raving about these.
• 06 Nov 2015  UTAH, United States

  Update: Something about this apple seemed very familiar to me, and finally, after trying several more, I realized that it tasted just like the green apple flavored Jolly Ranchers. Yum! Just the right combination of sweet and tart, along with the flavor profile is spot on of what I remember of the green apple flavored Jolly Rancher candies.
• 03 Nov 2015  UTAH, United States

  Very nice clean apple aroma. The flesh is crisp and juicy, mildly-moderately sweet and tart, and has a very pleasant and appealing flavor complex that is hard to describe but easy to enjoy. I imagine the Pippin would be great in baking, juicing, and fresh eating. Has a nice skin color. The flesh does have a tendency to brown quickly, but doesn't affect the quality of the apple.
• 19 Oct 2014  MA, United States

  Two trees planted Spring 2014. These trees have grown from 3 feet at planting to almost 7 feet this season. I like the idea of having old and new varieties!
• 16 Sep 2014  CALIFORNIA, United States

  I have yet to taste a better apple. Tight crisp flesh, tart with just the right amount of sweet, and an wine-like complex flavor profile. I grow this in LA, where people say you can't grow it. And since my tree's in a pot (I don't have my own land), I make the pilgrimage to Oak Glen, CA to buy more Newtown Pippins because I can't produce enough for my taste! I really like Cuyama Orchards' "Pink Lady" apples so I look forward to tracking down their Newtown Pippins if they grow that variety as well.
• 06 Sep 2014  CALIFORNIA, United States

  Just to underscore how special and flavorful Pippins are, Martinelli's Cider is based here in Santa Cruz County and they have always paid extra for Pippins. I am trying top keep my 20 acres or so of Pippins going but losing trees this year to drought. I think Pippins are the best apples ever.
• 24 Dec 2013  LLOYD.ALBANO@YAHOO.COM, Australia

  My family's Cuyama Orchards has five acres of fabulous Newtown Pippins that I and my colleague Phillip are selling in our farmer's markets here in So Cal. Mar Vista, Temecula, Pasadena, Coronado, Torrance.
• 06 Sep 2013  IL, United States

  I bought my apple tree eight years ago believing I had purchased a Winesap. Many years later when it began to produce fruit, we had these curious green apples with lots of russet (a little ugly) but fabulous flavor. Thanks to your detailed description, I think we have a Pippin. Before tasting, I was upset to have waited so long for Winesap apples and get these. Now that it is really producing, we may have ended up with a better tree in the end. Thank you!
• 26 Jan 2013  WASHINGTON, United States

  Very good tasting apple - gets better as you chew it. Seems like there was an immediate rush of sweet, and then a minor flood of tartness. I anticipate that this will make a great cider and pie apple.
• 05 Sep 2012  MARYLAND, United States

  Albemarle Pippin, a difficult tree in Maryland but a crisp, nutty, silvery dream of my childhood, can be bought at Rural Ridge Orchard, 2545 Rural Ridge Lane, North Garden, VA 22959, is located on U.S. Route 29, just south of Charlottesville, Virginia, about 8/10 miles north of State Route 692. From Charlottesville, proceed exactly 8 miles south from I-64 and turn right onto Rural Ridge Lane. Tom Burford sold my father two 17 years ago and we get very poor fruit but the kaolin clay sold as Surround does help, plus careful pruning.
• 29 Mar 2012  WV, United States

  Without a doubt one of the best cider, desert, pie apples every grown. Of all of my fruit trees my Newton Pippin gets the most love and produces the best apples.
• 12 Nov 2011  VANCOUVER ISLAND, Canada

  I'm looking for a good reason to keep this tree in my orchard. I've had it for 18 years and the fruit has never ripened, even when picked late and stored until March. We're at the 50th parallel and tend to get cool summers and autumns on the coast. Even the local bear spit the apples out. It is, however, a handsome tree and a good climber. If I replace the tree with another pippin, what would a good variety be for the cool, wet, North?
• 15 Nov 2010  CALIFORNIA, United States

  I have a single Newton Pippin apple tree that I planted 20 years ago. Every year a larger proportion of the fruit is infested with Apple Worm. I have sought and taken advise from nurseries and growers but none of their suggestions have deterred the little guys. Help!
• 23 Oct 2010  VA, United States

  I grew up in California eating juicy pippin apples fresh and in my mother's pies. It is the best pie apple and I'm on the hunt for a source. I live in Virginia now. Any help? Thanks. An aside - I have many fond memories of the Pleasanton County Fair.
• 06 Feb 2010  CA, United States

  Near Mountain View, California? You are in luck. The Milk Pail store/fruit market (2585 California Street in MTV) has an incredible variety of apples. I've been trying something of everything and am currently hooked on Pippins. I've never before lived near a store like this and had no idea there were so many varieties of apples. Many of the apples are organic and many grown locally. Prices are great too! I just sampled my first Spitzenberg. They have a little website - www.milkpail.com.
• 04 Nov 2009  PLEASANTON, United States

  I was just searching for where I can find pippen apples. Interesting to find a fellow Pleasantonian, lol. Pippens make the BEST pies. Any tips on where I can buy some?
• 17 Oct 2009  PLEASANTON, ALAMEDA/CALIFORNIA, United States

  Always liked Newton Pippins as a kid - fresh or in pies. Planted one here in inland from San Francisco a few years back. It was slow to bear, but now delivers crisp, delicious apples yearly. We pick in late September.
• 08 Nov 2008  LANCASTER, LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

  It was so difficult to find Pippin apples and this year has proven that I cannot find them anywhere. Could you please tell me where within a 50 mile radius I could purchasee them, or can I order them from this site.
• 25 Oct 2008  ELKHART, ELKHART, INDIANA, United States

  i grew up with eating this apple. it went out of favor in the mid 70's, and i couldn't find it again. i have found it, and now trying to buy a tree for my back yard. i never want to be with out this apple. it makes the best pies, and just to eat it is heaven. nothing bets a newtown pippin
• 24 Sep 2008  BOSTON, United States

  As an apple fanatic, I am very happy to say it is a favorite of mine. I first tasted it in New York City (Many farmers from farther north sell their wares in Union Square on weekends) and the lady in the booth told me to wait a week or two before trying to eat it (she told me that it needs to "stew" before it attains full flavor.) I did so, and all I can say is WOW-nice and lively taste! It is a bit tart, but I cut it up and used it in a pie and the only thing I can say to UK readers is if you should come across this in a grower's catalogue or just as an available fruit, NAB IT! It may russet a little sometimes but it tastes lovely, and I am told has few pests (this variety would do nicely roasted over a bonfire come November 5th!)

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer Newtown Pippin apple trees for sale:

• Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
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• Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
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• Cummins Nursery
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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Newtown Pippin:

United States

• Arizona

  • Beatty's Orchard, Hereford

• California

  • Arroyo Community Garden, Petaluma
  • Noble Orchards, Paradise
  • Prevedelli Farms, Watsonville
  • Riley's Apple Farm #1, Oak Glen

• Georgia

  • Freedom Farms - Apple & Peach Orchard, Chatsworth

• Indiana

  • Doud's Countyline Orchard, Wabash

• Iowa

  • Burr Oak Farms, Winterset
  • Wilson's Orchard, Iowa City

• Kentucky

  • Hidden Hollow Orchard and Wildlife Sanctuary, Louisville
  • Reed Valley Orchard, Paris

• Maine

  • Tiny Orchards, Saco

• Massachusetts

  • Autumn Hill Orchards, Groton
  • Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury
  • Red Apple Farm, Phillipston

• Michigan

  • Alber's Orchard & Cider Mill, Manchester

• Minnesota

  • Two Fruit's Fruits, Hinckley

• Montana

  • Big Mountain Fruitworks / Big Mountain Ciderworks, Kalispell

• New Hampshire

  • Lull Farm, Hollis
  • Old Ciderpress Farm, Westmoreland

• North Carolina

  • Creasman Farms, Hendersonville

• Oregon

  • Kiyokawa Family Orchards, Mount Hood Parkdale
  • Rasmussen Farms, Hood River
  • Smith Berry Barn, Hillsboro
  • Territorial Road Orchard, Corvallis

• Pennsylvania

  • Holy Root Farm, New Tripoli

• Washington

  • Skipley Farm, Snohomish        *** Feature Orchard ***
  • Tonnemaker Hill Farm, Royal City

• Wisconsin

  • Door Creek Orchard, Cottage Grove

Canada

• British Columbia

  • Apple Luscious Organic Orchards, Salt Spring Island
  • Blue Haze Farm, Victoria
  • Spencer Hill Orchard, Grand Forks

• Ontario

  • O'Keefe Grange, Dobbinton

References

• Apples for the 21st Century
  Author: Manhart
  Listed as Newtown
• Apples of England (1948)
  Author: Taylor
• Some Antique Apples for Modern Orchards, (2008)
  Author: Merwin I.A.