Gnarly Pippins – “Gnarly Pippins” is a loving nod to the untamed, indigenous apple of the temperate world.

gnarly
adj. Gnarled, misshapen, difficult, tangled. Slang. Cool, good, nasty, hairy, bad.

pippin
noun. An apple grown from seed. Slang. An excellent person or thing.

Resilience & The Infernal Summer // 3rd POMOLOGICAL EXHIBITION // Wild Apple Shootout & Acquired Immunity // Vol. 2 Progress

I’m writing this with a huge grin on my face — still glowing after returning from Maine Apple Camp 2022. One of my favorite gatherings of all within the apple and cider world. Check out Read more…

GNARLY PIPPINS is who I am.

Hello all my wild apple folks! Been a minute on here. I’m taking some time to write a new post to articulate a couple of things, but most notably a piece of frustration that has Read more…

Orchardist, the Whimsical Specialist // Gnarly Nursery // 2nd Wild & Seedling Pomological Exhibition // INFO INSIDE

BUT FIRST! Announcing…. 2nd Wild and Seedling Pomological Exhibition Listen up! The second pomological exhibition of exclusively wild and seedling apples will be taking place on Friday November 5th at the Ashfield Community Hall in Read more…

Harvesting the Seen and Unseen // On Apple Naming // Examining History

Hey all, it’s been a minute. Throughout the last several months since I’ve made a post on here, I’ve been continuing to realize just how big of an impact these past 8 months of relative Read more…

Pomological BOOK RELEASE // The Gatekeeping of Apple Foraging

Hello all you beautiful apple tree people I first must apologize that it has been so very long since I’ve made a formal blog post. It has been many months, and I am certain that Read more…

A Deep Smile, A Big Year // 2020 SCIONWOOD ORDERS OPEN

GREETINGS ONCE AGAIN Hello my dear friends! Happy new year and happy new decade. I hope all of you had great celebrations during the holiday season and have begun making new year’s resolutions that involve Read more…

The Exploits of Dormant Life // 2019 Scion Wood Order Form // New Custom Pruning Saws

Greetings again my dear apple fam ! Turning another page on the calendar, we are now looking toward the Winter’s work; the exploits of dormant life, if you will. For me, and for many of Read more…

About Gnarly Pippins

“Gnarly Pippins” is a loving nod to the untamed, indigenous apple of the temperate world. Limitlessly adaptable to its present surroundings, the genus Malus encompasses as much variation among its denizens as we the humans do. The image of the wild apple tree is not refined, not cultivated, but rather…

Varieties

Here is a complete list of the varieties — old and new — of the ever-evolving Gnarly Pippins collection of wild pomes. Though very different, and gathered from a relatively wide geographic range, what these Read more…