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Allington Pippin Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Allington Pippin Apple apple, painted 1840

Allington Pippin is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (1880s, introduced 1896). It was grown primarily for eating, cooking, dessert. A versatile English dessert apple raised by horticulturalist Thomas Laxton some time. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarAllington Pippin
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originMontana, Missoula, Missoula
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000947.

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