Bridgewater Pippin (of Cheal)
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have probably originated in Bridgewater, Somerset. Recorded in 1665. Fruits have firm flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- strong-very strong
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 79.98 mm
- Height
- 69.46 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong-very strong
- Juiciness
- dry
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- absent
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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