Langley Pippin
syn. Brook's Seedling, Brooks' Seedling, Salisbury Silk
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Veitch at Chelsea, London. First described in 1898. Introduced by Veitch. It received the Award of Merit from the RHS in 1898. Fruits have rather soft, juicy flesh with a moderate aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Conical
- Width
- 58.50 mm
- Height
- 53.50 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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