London Pippin
syn. Bastard Calvill, Bastard Kalvil, Bastard-Calvill, Bastard-Calville, Calville de Londres, Calville de Stafa, Calville du Haire, Calville du Roi, Citron d'Hiver, de Londres, Fine Crown Pippin, Five Crown, Five Crown Pippin, Five Crowned Peppin, Five Crowned Pippin, Five-Crown Pippin, Five-Crowned Pippin, Galibro Pippin, Grosse Reinette de Londres, Grune Englischer Calvill, Gruner Englischer Calvill, Jadrnac Londynsky, Kalvil Jioltii, Kalvil korolevskii, Kalvil Limonni, London, London Golden Pippin, London Peppin, London Pepping, London-Pepping, Londoner Grosse Reinette, Londoner Pepping, Londoni Pepin, Londonski pepin, Londynske, Londynsky Jadernac, Lounden Peppen, New London Pippin, New-London Pippin, Old London Pippin, Pepin de Londres, Pepin londonskii, Pepina Londynska, Peppin de Londres, Pippin de Londres, Pomme de Londres, Popina londynska, Poppina di Londra, Reinette de Londres, Royal Somerset, Selvatica di Londra, Statner Calviller, Werderscher Kalvill, White London Pippin, White Pippin, Winter Citronenapfel
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in either Essex or Norfolk. It was recorded in 1580. Fruits have crisp, white, acid flesh.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 10th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed on body, prominently at eye
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 70 mm
- Over colour
- flushed brownish red
- Flesh colour
- greenish white, white inside core
- Fruit height
- 56 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp, tender
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- strong
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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