Lemon Pippin

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary / Dessert

Introduced

1700

Origin

England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.4 °Bx
Fruit height: 53.6 mm
Fruit width: 62.6 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A medium-sized oval apple with a distinctive lemon-like appearance, featuring pale yellow skin tinged with green and russety freckles. Firm, crisp flesh with a brisk flavor, suitable for culinary or dessert use and valued for drying. In season October to April; the tree is healthy, hardy, and a good bearer.

Flavor & Texture

briskfirmcrisp

Best Uses

cookingfresh_eating

3 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Parents

Golden Delicious

Offspring

Eynsham Cross

Origin & History

Status: commercial

briskly flavored

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 157731
UK National Fruit Collection: 5258
Wikidata: Q41778893
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Fors