- Identification.—[Fors. Treat.] 117. [Lind. Guide], 77. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3.
- Figure.—[Brook. Pom. Brit.] pl. xcii. f. 4.
Fruit, medium sized; oblong, irregularly formed. Eye, very large, deeply sunk in an uneven, oblique hollow. Stalk, rather short, not deeply inserted. Skin, greenish-yellow; on the sunny side of a brownish-red, streaked with a darker color. Flesh, white, very firm. Juice, abundant and of a very excellent flavor.
A dessert apple; in use from October till March.
Its name seems to indicate a Norfolk origin; but I never could find it in any part of the county.—Lindley.
248. NORFOLK STONE PIPPIN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 804.
- Synonymes.—Stone Pippin, Lind. in [Hort. Trans.] vol. iv. p. 69. [Lind. Guide], 82. [Diel Kernobst.] xi. 119. White Stone Pippin, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 1071. White Pippin, in Norfolk. Englischer Kleiner Steinpepping, [Diel Kernobst.] xi. 119.
Fruit, below medium size, two inches broad, and the same in height; oblong, slightly angular on the sides, and narrowing a little towards the apex. Skin, smooth and very thin, pale green at first, but changing by keeping to pale yellow with a mixture of green; sometimes it has a slight tinge of red next the sun. Eye, small, half open, with acuminate segments, set in a rather shallow and wide basin. Stalk, slender, half-an-inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity with a fleshy protuberance on one side of it. Flesh, white, firm and breaking, brisk, sweet, and perfumed.
An excellent long-keeping culinary apple, and useful also in the dessert; it is in use from November to July. In the “Guide to the Orchard,” Mr. Lindley says “This is a valuable Norfolk Apple known in the Norwich market by the name of White Pippin. The fruit when peeled, sliced, and boiled in sugar, becomes transparent, affording for many months a most delicious sweetmeat for tarts.”
The tree is a free and vigorous grower, and attains the middle size. It is a regular and abundant bearer.