King's Acre Pippin
syn. Cranston's, Cranston's Pippin, Ribston Pearmain
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
First recorded in 1897. Introduced by King's Acre Nurseries, Hereford in 1899. Received Award of Merit from RHS in 1897. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a rich aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 72.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 57.50 mm
- Russet
- high-very high
- Ribbing
- medium-strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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