. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 30 FALL PIPPIN FAMILY market. Several rivals in season surpass it. The origin of the variety is given as Holden, Massachusetts, and the date as previous to 1848. Its culture seems to be confined to New England and New York. Tree vigorous, hardy, healthy, long-lived, productive biennially. Fruit large, uniform in size but not in shape, found-conic, irregular; stem short, slender; cavity acute, deep, regular or compressed, often nisseted and with outspreading russet rays; calyx large, open or closed; basin uneven, one side projecting higher tha
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 30 FALL PIPPIN FAMILY market. Several rivals in season surpass it. The origin of the variety is given as Holden, Massachusetts, and the date as previous to 1848. Its culture seems to be confined to New England and New York. Tree vigorous, hardy, healthy, long-lived, productive biennially. Fruit large, uniform in size but not in shape, found-conic, irregular; stem short, slender; cavity acute, deep, regular or compressed, often nisseted and with outspreading russet rays; calyx large, open or closed; basin uneven, one side projecting higher than the other, deep, wide, abrupt, furrowed; skin pale yellow sometimes with brownish blush; dots numerous, large and small, riisset or red, areolar; calyx-tube large, long, conical with fleshy point projecting into the base, the lower part of the funnel cylinder snin-tini'- .ii- larged; stamens median; core small, ;i\ih , til wii- metrical ; core-lines meeting when the iiH'' '.it, clasping when it is long; carpels elliptirjl \n .mmI:ih-; seeds not numerous, dark brown, plump, obtuse; tlesii white, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic; very good; late September to early 19. Fall Pippin. (XVa) FALL PIPPIN. Fig. 19. Autumn Pippin. Pound Pippin. Summer Pippin. York Pippin. Though one of the oldest American apples, it is doubtful whether Fall Pippin is properly ap- preciated. The name is inapt, as in the North the fruit keeps well into mid-winter, and is of first rate quality to the very last. The color is a beautiful golden yellow, and the flesh is tender, rich, crisp, aromatic, and of delectable quality either for dessert or for culinary uses. The trees are hardy, healthy, long-lived, and veiy large; few trees carry a more majestic port at maturity. Unfortunately, tree and fruit are most inviting prey to the apple-scab fungus; this accounts for the neglect into which the variety fell a generation ago, but, with means of controlling the scab, its culture should be
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