Medium to Large, Super Crisp, Amazing Flavor, Late Season, Stores well

Simply one of the best late season and storage apples ever. The Yellow Newtown Pippin was America's first and oldest commercial apples and one of Thomas Jefferson's Favorites which he planted in 1778. Originally a found seedling in 1666 in Newtown Village, Queens, New York, it has outstanding flavor, unrivaled crispness and flavor which improves in storage. It can be stored into May. Great for Eating Fresh, Baking in Pies and is world renowned for making Cider. The fruit can express remarkably different traits such as size, quality and coloring dependent on location and soil. It prefers rich soil and adequate watering.

Found, with a name label on the tree in a historic,1912 orchard in Pioneer, California. Ruth, whose father and grandfather planted the orchard, grew up amid the trees and still visits and takes care of the trees. Of the 16+ varieties in the orchard, the one she looks forward to most is the Yellow Newtown Pippin. A favorite of the past, present and future.

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