![]() Thomas Walker, an officer under General Edward Braddock during the French-Indian War. Yellow Newtown Pippin has had greater name recognition and commercial success as Albemarle Pippin. Benjamin Franklin brought grafts to England in the mid- to late-1700s, where the apple was known as Newton Pippin of New York it could have been either Green Newton Pippin or Yellow Newton Pippin. The separate strains were first recorded in 1817, but by then the varieties already had made history as the first American apple to attract significant attention in Europe. Many early references dropped the color from the name altogether, referring to either apple as simply “Newtown Pippin.” ![]() Green Newtown Pippin and Yellow Newtown Pippin trees are so similar that it is likely that one is a sport variety of the other, though it is impossible to say which came first. A late-season apple, it stores exceptionally well. It has a pleasant, mildly citrus flavor, balanced between sweet and tart. ![]() Its skin is thick, its flesh crisp and moderately juicy. Yellow Newtown Pippin is medium to large, mostly green with a yellow blush and red streaks. Yellow Newtown Pippin apple (Bar Lois Weeks photo) To find local orchards that grow these unusual apples, visit New England Apples and follow the link for “Find an Apple Orchard” to search by state or variety. Here are some of the other, more-than-60 varieties developed in New York since the late 1890s, of them grown at some New England orchards. For nearly six decades after it started in 1935, the nonprofit New England Apple Association was known by its original name, the New York and New England Apple Institute.Ĭornell University’s New York Agricultural Experiment Station, in Geneva, New York, arguably the most successful apple breeding program in the world, has produce several varieties that have become New England staples, including Cortland, Empire, and Macoun, and one of our personal favorites that has not yet achieved the same prominence: Jonagold. ![]() (Bar Lois Weeks photo)ĪLTHOUGH THEY SOMETIMES COMPETE in the marketplace, New England and New York apple growers have a long tradition of cooperation and collaboration. Jonamac apples at Clearview Farm in Sterling, Massachusetts. Way, The Big Apple, Tougas Family Farm, William Darrow Sr., Yellow Newtown Pippin apple on September 24, 2014| Thomas Walker, Early McIntosh apple, Empire apple, Esopus Spitzenburg apple, Fortune apple, Freedom apple, Gershom Moore, Green Mountain Orchards, Green Newtown Pippin apple, Jonagold apple, Jonamac apple, Jonathan apple, Jonathan Hasbrouck, Liberty apple, Macoun apple, Milton apple, Monroe apple, Nestrovich Fruit Farm, New England apples, New York Agricultural Experiment Station, New York and New England Apple Institute, New York-New England Apple Institute, Newtown Pippin apple, Philip Rick, Pine Hill Orchards, Red Apple Farm, Richard Wellington, Robert Lamb, Rockwood Berry, Roger D. Posted in New England apple varieties, tagged Albemarle Pippin apple, Antonovka apple, Atkins Farms, Brookfield Orchards, Burgundy apple, Carlson Orchards, Chenango apple, Clarkdale Fruit Farm, Clearview Farm, Cold Spring Orchard, Cortland apple, Dr. New England apples from neighboring New York ![]()
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