Ribston pippin

English

Alternative forms

• Ribstone pippin

Etymology

Named after Ribston in Yorkshire, where Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) first introduced them.

Noun

Ribston pippin (plural Ribston pippins)

1. A triploid cultivar of winter apple with firm flesh and a yellow skin streaked with red.
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 55:

     […] that the officiating clerk peeled and ate three Ribstone pippins while it was performing.