APPLES 211 
Fall Pippin 
The Fall Pippin has, by a considerable 
number of persons, been called the Hol- 
land Pippin, which it very much resem- 
bles, but from which it differs mainly in 
the fact that its fruit ripens from the 
middle of September until about the first 
of November, while the fruit of the Hol- 
land Pippin ripens almost a month earlier. 
The fruit of the Fall Pippin is large, 
tender, rich, very good in quality desir- 
able for culinary purposes, and when fully 
ripe is an attractive yellow color. 
The tree is a strong grower, hardy and 
long lived, eventually becoming very 
large. It is spreading or roundish, with 
long branches, twigs moderately long, 
curved, stout and with large terminal 
buds. Bark dark reddish brown, some- 
what tinged with green, heavily coated 
with gray scarf skin. 
The flesh of the fruit is whitish, tinged 
with yellow, moderately firm, rather fine, 
tender, very juicy, agreeable subacid, 
somewhat aromatic, very good. The skin 
is thin, smooth, at first greenish yellow 
but becoming a clear yellow, and in the 
arid regions of bright sunshine, having 
a considerable blush of red. . 
In the northern latitudes, especially in 
the higher altitudes, the fruit will keep 
nicely until January. 
Fameuse 
Fameuse is in its season one of the 
most desirable of dessert apples. It is 
very beautiful in appearance; the flesh is 
white, tender, excellent in flavor and 
quality for dessert. But it is decidedly 
inferior to other varieties in its season 
for culinary purposes. Its market season 
in the Northern states, is from October 
to the holidays, and it usually sells for 
good prices. It is more susceptible than 
most other varieties to apple scab fungus, 
but since the adoption of spraying meth- 
ods this is kept well under control. The 
tree is of medium size, a moderate grow- 
er, hardy, healthy, rather long lived, and 
a reliable cropper yielding good to heavy 
crops biennially, sometimes annually. 
Historical. The history of the Fameuse 
is uncertain; but the preponderance of 
evidence seems to be that it originated in 
Canada among the French colonists on the 
Esopus Spitzenburg. 
