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Hauer Pippin Apple tree

Owner: Jimj

Location:  San Francisco, CALIFORNIA, United States

Age:Planted in about
Rootstock:M111
Soil:sandy 
Climate at this location:mild, coolish North California coastal
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Not sure
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Not sure
Pesticides:Not sure

Owner's comments

Hauer Pippin was a chance seedling found in Santa Cruz County in 1890s near a Cox and a Yellow Bellflower. Heavy bearer, late ripening, known as "Christmas Apple". Info source: Jerry Thomas at Slow Food Foundation: http://www.slowfoodfoundation.com/pagine/eng/arca/dettaglio.lasso?-id=1149&-nz=&-tp

Season records for this tree

  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 31 March
    Planted on a slope in the North Point at a former army base in San Francisco in lean sandy soil (sand dune).