"They have no apple to compare with our [Albemarle] Pippin.”--Thomas Jefferson
In the midst of politics there's nothing like planting to get your mind off the madness. Monticello's Center for Historic Plants is offering three varieties of apple trees for sale including the Albemarle Pippin with all funds going to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to help preserve and educate about this national treasure.
Albemarle Pippin - Also known as Newtown Pippin or Yellow Newtown. Thomas Jefferson wrote of this apple from France, “They have no apple to compare with our Newtown Pippin.” And the same can still be said today. Not an attractive apple: medium-size; squatty; dull, greenish-yellow skin. But its yellow flesh is rich, crisp, and fine-flavored. Ripens October through November and keeps well into the winter. Full sugar is said to develop in January. Good for pies, cooking, or eating out of hand. Susceptible to scab, but resistant to collar rot. Originated in New York in the early 1700’s.
Albemarle Pippin - Also known as Newtown Pippin or Yellow Newtown. Thomas Jefferson wrote of this apple from France, “They have no apple to compare with our Newtown Pippin.” And the same can still be said today. Not an attractive apple: medium-size; squatty; dull, greenish-yellow skin. But its yellow flesh is rich, crisp, and fine-flavored. Ripens October through November and keeps well into the winter. Full sugar is said to develop in January. Good for pies, cooking, or eating out of hand. Susceptible to scab, but resistant to collar rot. Originated in New York in the early 1700’s.
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