Rock Pippin of Eastern New York
- Description
- A variety is grown under this name in Eastern New York, particularly in Dutchess county.
- Flesh quality
- very firm, rather hard, a little coarse, somewhat crisp, rather tender, aromatic, juicy, sprightly subacid, good but not high in flavor
- Flesh color
- white, yellow tinged
- Skin quality
- moderately thick, tough, smooth or slightly roughened with russet dots
- Skin color
- pink-red, green, yellow
- Sizes
- medium, above medium, below medium
- Shape
- round, unequal sides, oblate, uniform, regular
- Keeping quality
- Keeps very late. In some seasons it is inclined to scab. It does not average as large as Baldwin and grades less No. 1 fruit than that variety. Its commercial season in ordinary storage extends to April and in cold storage to June or July.
- General quality
- good
-
Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 288.