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Missouri Pippin
synonyms: Missouri Keeper, Missouri Orange, Stone’s Eureka. Perhaps also MacAfee and Missouri Superior. Note that there is also a variety called Missouri which is not the same as the Missouri Pippin
identification: Medium to large size, round-conic with flattened ends. The skin is thick, tough and smooth with a green-yellow base colour almost entirely covered with light red and dark red stripes. Abundantly marked with large russet lenticels. Sometimes develops a greyish bloom. The calyx is closed, sometimes partly open, set in a deep and narrow basin which is usually puckered. The stem varies from short to medium, set in a deep and wide, heavily russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm and breaking. Moderately juicy and mild.
origins: In 1839, Brinkley Hornsby first settled in Johnson County, Missouri, bringing with him apple seeds which he planted immediately on his new homestead. One of these seeds produced a seedling tree which first fruited in 1854. Referred to as his "dollars and cents" apple by Mr. Hornsby, was later named Missouri Pippin and by 1869 was propagated and sold in St. Louis as Missouri Keeper.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Hardy, strong. Produces abundant crops annually. Precocious, often producing fruit by the third year. Needs thinning annually to somewhat prolong a rather short productive span.
progeny: Very susceptible to blight
harvest: Ready f harvest starting late in the fourth period.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
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