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I haven’t see a pippin apple in a grocery store in years and years.

I’m given to understand that variety dates back to colonial times, where it was used for hard cider.

Small hard, crisp, green, deep apple flavor, used to be my favorite eating apple with a saltshaker in the other hand, but I’ve been told the recent revival and fad of hard cider has sucked down the entire supply.

[goodnesswins]

Ripped the pippins out of the orchard in the 70’s I believe...people (consumers) are so fickle....they wanted bright Red Delicious (that had no taste, but looked like they did.)

[thecodont]

Cider apples have real character. Some are also good eating apples. They might be small and aren’t always pretty, but boy are they good.