Pifer
- From
- Springfield
- Description
- It does not appear to be known among New York fruit growers. Not recommended for planting in New York.
- Flesh quality
- firm, hard, pretty coarse, somewhat crisp, not tender, juicy, mild subacid, somewhat aromatic, fair or possibly good
- Flesh color
- yellow tinged
- Skin quality
- tough, leathery, smooth
- Skin color
- pink-red, carmine striped, green-yellow blushed, red
- Sizes
- medium, above medium, below medium
- Shape
- round, unequal sides, ribbed, oblate, uniform, symmetrical, regular
- Keeping quality
- Its chief merit is that it keeps fresh and firm till very late in the season.
- General quality
- A dull red fruit of medium size and fair quality.
- Eating season starts in
- January
- Eating season ends in
- July
- Also known as
- Pfeifer
- Pfeiffer
- Piper
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 262.