Flanders Pippin
syn. Flanders' Pippin, Sweet Cleave
Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Recorded 1831. From Berkshire, probably, England. In existence 1920.
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed on body and at eye
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 76 mm
- Over colour
- flushed dull red, sometimes striped
- Russet type
- russet dots
- Flesh colour
- white to yellowish green
- Fruit height
- 57 mm
- Flesh texture
- tender, firm
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Crown
- medium-strong
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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