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ˈRibston
Also Ribstone.
[f. Ribston Park, between Knaresborough and Wetherby in Yorks.]
1. Used attrib. with pippin as the name of a choice variety of dessert apple, originally introduced from Normandy about 1707.
See A. Amherst Gardening (1895) 226.
1769E. Hargrove Hist. Knaresbro. vi. (1798) 246 This place is remarkable for the produce of a delicious apple, called the Ribstone-Park Pippin. 1796C. Marshall Gardening (1813) 280 Ribstone pippin. 1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Charact. i, About the size and shape of a reasonable Ribstone pippin. 1860R. Hogg Fruit Manual 22 Ribston Pippin,..the king of English dessert apples. 1872H. Macmillan True Vine v. 197 The English Ribston Pippin assumes in the hotter parts of India, a fastigiate or pyramidal aspect.
2. ellipt. The (or a) Ribston pippin.
1844M. Paterson Manse Garden 106 The Ribston as a tree thrives better in the orchard. 1878T. Hardy in Belgravia Apr. 234 Now a few russets... He used to like them almost as well as ribstones. |