Fiesta
syn. Red Pippin
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1972 at East Malling Research Station, Kent. It received an Award of Merit in 1987 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a Cox-like flavour.
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 29th April (10%) · 2nd May (full) · 10th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 70.11 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 58.69 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- absent
- Juiciness
- juicy-very juicy
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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