Cut Pippin
type: Culinary, Dessert
synonyms: Cat Pippin, Haymaker, Hommacher, Homemaker Pippin, Lady Spitzenburg, West's Spitzenberg
identification: Medium tending to large. Green base colour.
characteristics: The flesh is pale green. Juicy and somewhat sprightly.
origins: Charles Downing lists it as having originated in western Pennsylvania (U.S.A.). in his 1872 update of A.J. Downing's "The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America."
cultivation: Vigorous. Yields heavy crops.
cold storage: Keeps up to five months.
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