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Lemon Pippin
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary / Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 14.4 °Bx
- Fruit height
- 53.6 mm
- Fruit width
- 62.6 mm
source: GRIN
source: NFC
source: NFC
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
Offspring
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
briskly flavored
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 157731
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 5258
- Wikidata
- Q41778893
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Fors