D'Arcy Spice
syn. Baddow Pippin, Essex Spice, Pepin de Baddow, Spice, Spice Apple, Spring Ribston, Spring Ribston Pippin, Spring Ribstone, Winter Ribston
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Found in the garden of The Hall, Tolleshunt d'Arcy, Essex in about 1785, but may have earlier origins. It was introduced by John Harris, a nurseryman of Broomfield, as Baddow Pippin in 1848. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a characteristic aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oblong
- Width
- 64.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 57.00 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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