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London Pippin is an apple cultivar recorded in N. E. Hansen's 1902 bulletin A Study of Northwestern Apples. The specimens came from the Iowa Experiment Station orchard at Ames, Iowa. Hansen gives no parentage, breeder, or release history. He includes the cultivar in a northern apple evaluation focused on fruit quality and winter performance. [S1]
The fruit is large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, and faintly ribbed. The skin is yellow, with a few large, suffused white dots. The cavity is deep, wide, regular, and russeted. The stem is medium. The basin is shallow and small, and the calyx is closed. [S1]
The flesh is white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, and rated good. The core is small and barely clasping. The season is early winter. A diagnostic list in the same bulletin also places London Pippin in the midsummer to early winter section. [S1]
Hardiness is the main caution. Hansen says the tree was "not promising as to hardiness" in the Ames, Iowa material. No zone rating is given. The packet gives no separate survival record from colder prairie trials. [S1]
The available source documents no direct parentage, species ancestry beyond cultivated apple context, sibling cultivars, or later breeding use. The nearby figure and entry numbering are unclear in the scan, so the numeric label should not be used as a cultivar identifier without checking the page image. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Cavity deep, wide, regular, russeted; stem medium; basin shallow, small, ribbed; calyx closed.”
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“Listed under Flesh white or whitish; size large, roundish; dots large, suffused, white, few.”
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“Core small, barely clasping; flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good.”
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“The tree was noted as not promising as to hardiness.”
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 16 | 0 | 0 | p66 p67 p138 | Dots on the fruit are described as large, suffused, white, and few.; Fruit size given as large.; Storage quality is noted as early winter.; Core is small and barely clasping; flesh is white, juicy, fine grained, and suba |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 14 | p138 | description_snippet | Dots on the fruit are described as large, suffused, white, and few. | Size large, roundish ; dots large, suffused, white, few ... London Pippin | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p138 | fruit_size | Fruit size given as large. | Size large, roundish ; dots large, suffused, white, few ... London Pippin | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p67 | storage_duration | Storage quality is noted as early winter. | London Pippin—Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness—Fruit large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, whi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p67 | description_snippet | Core is small and barely clasping; flesh is white, juicy, fine grained, and subacid. | London Pippin—Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness—Fruit large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, whi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p67 | description_snippet | Cavity is deep, wide, and regular; russeted; stem medium; basin shallow and small; calyx closed. | London Pippin—Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness—Fruit large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, whi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p67 | fruit_color | Fruit surface is yellow with large, suffused white dots. | London Pippin—Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness—Fruit large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, whi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p67 | fruit_size | Fruit is large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, and obscurely ribbed. | London Pippin—Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness—Fruit large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, whi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p67 | entry_hardiness_observation | The tree was noted as not promising regarding hardiness. | London Pippin—Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness—Fruit large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, whi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p67 | entry_location | Specimens were sourced from the Iowa Experiment Station orchard at Ames, Iowa. | London Pippin—Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness—Fruit large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, whi | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p66 | description_snippet | Surface yellow with large, white, suffused dots and deep, wide regular russeted cavity. | London Pippin - Specimens from Iowa — Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness ... fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, white, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p66 | storage_duration | Storage period listed as early winter. | London Pippin - Specimens from Iowa — Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness ... fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, white, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p66 | flavor_profile | Flesh described as white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, and good. | London Pippin - Specimens from Iowa — Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness ... fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, white, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p66 | fruit_size | Fruit stated as large, roundish, slightly conical, and obscurely ribbed. | London Pippin - Specimens from Iowa — Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness ... fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, white, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p66 | entry_hardiness_observation | Tree described as not promising as to hardiness. | London Pippin - Specimens from Iowa — Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness ... fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, white, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p66 | entry_location | Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa. | London Pippin - Specimens from Iowa — Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness ... fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, white, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p66 | entry_pedigree | Entry text shows numeric labeling in form (No. 16) in associated line cluster. | London Pippin - Specimens from Iowa — Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa; tree not promising as to hardiness ... fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; surface yellow; dots large, suffused, white, | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Dots on the fruit are described as large, suffused, white, and few. | 0.75 |
| fruit_size | Fruit size given as large. | 0.83 |
| storage_duration | Storage quality is noted as early winter. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Core is small and barely clasping; flesh is white, juicy, fine grained, and subacid. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | Cavity is deep, wide, and regular; russeted; stem medium; basin shallow and small; calyx closed. | 0.92 |
| fruit_color | Fruit surface is yellow with large, suffused white dots. | 0.92 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is large, roundish, truncated, slightly conical, and obscurely ribbed. | 0.94 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | The tree was noted as not promising regarding hardiness. | 0.97 |
| entry_location | Specimens were sourced from the Iowa Experiment Station orchard at Ames, Iowa. | 0.96 |
| description_snippet | Surface yellow with large, white, suffused dots and deep, wide regular russeted cavity. | 0.54 |
| storage_duration | Storage period listed as early winter. | 0.56 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh described as white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, and good. | 0.56 |
| fruit_size | Fruit stated as large, roundish, slightly conical, and obscurely ribbed. | 0.57 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Tree described as not promising as to hardiness. | 0.55 |
| entry_location | Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, Ames, Iowa. | 0.58 |
| entry_pedigree | Entry text shows numeric labeling in form (No. 16) in associated line cluster. | 0.53 |
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