Ribston Pippin

A vigorous tree with upright growth, its medium-sized ovate to oval-shaped leaves are a deep green color and distinctly folded with sharp, regular, and shallow serrations.

[3] The apple appears in Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native in the second book, chapter two: "Now a few russets, Tamsin.

[8] In A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr, the vicar's wife Alice Keach says to protagonist Tom Birkin, "I've brought you a bag of apples.

"[9] Ribston Pippins also make an appearance in the Scottish novel, "The Keys of the Kingdom" by A. J. Cronin: "The apple shed was soft with crepuscular twilight.

When her small teeth bit through the amber skin into the crisp, white flesh, little spurts of juice ran down her chin."