Fall Pippin
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in the USA and first recorded in 1806. Fruits have moderately firm, fine, tender flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
American Fall, American Fall Pippin, Autumn Pippin, Cat Head, Cobbet's Fall, Cobbet's Fall Pippin, Cobbett's Fall, Cobbett's Fall Pippin, Concombre Ancien, Corbett's Fall Pippin, Corbett's Tall Pippin, de Rateau, Episcopal, Golden Pippin, Holland Pippin, Pepin d'Automne, Philadelphia Pippin, Pound Pippin, Pound Royal, Prince's Large Pippin, Reinette Blanche d'Espagne, Reinnete Blanche d'Espagne, Sudlow's Fall Pippin, Summer Pippin, Van Duym's Pippin, Van Dyn's Pippin, York, York Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
large b
Fruit Shape
intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex b
Ribbing
slightly ribbed b
Ground Colour
greenish yellow b
Over Colour
occasional faint flush b
Flesh Texture
moderately firm, fine, tender b
Flavour
subacid, aromatic b
Accession name
Fall Pippin
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
large a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Ribbing
weak a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out a
Firmness
medium-firm a
Coarseness
fine-medium a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register