Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Apple
The wild apple or crab apple belongs to northern and central Europe, and from it have been derived the numerous varieties cultivated in many parts of the world. The apple is mentioned by the ancient Greek writers and in Pliny’s time was cultivated in abundance in the villages about Rome. The name pippin was so called on account of the plant having been raised from the “pips” or seeds and was taken to England from France during the reign of Henry the Eighth.
In Shakespeare’s time apples were esteemed as instanced in Justice Shallow’s invitation to Falstaff, “You shall see mine orchard where in an arbour we shall eat a last year’s pippin of my own graffing (grafting).” Again in the Merry Wives of Windsor, Sir Hugh Evans says, “I will make an end of my dinner – there’s pippins and cheese to come.”
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