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East Lothian Pippin

syn. Baillie Neilson, Baillie Nielson, East Lothian Seedling, The Baillie

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated from Scotland. It was first described in 1883. It is indistinguishable from Hill's Seedling in the National Apple Collection. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with an acid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid August
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Flat
Width
70.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
57.50 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Brown
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
very low

Source · National Fruit Collection

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