Thorle Pippin
syn. der Wirtelapfel, Lady Derby, Paradise, Summer Thorle, Summer Whorle, Thoral, Thoral Pippin, Thorle, Thorle d'Ete, Thorll Pippin, Watson's New Nonesuch, Watson's New Nonsuch, Watson's Nonesuch, Whorle, Whorle Pippin, Wirtel Apfel
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in Scotland. Described in 1831. Fruits have soft, dry, yellowish white flesh with a sweet flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 1st May (10%) · 6th May (full) · 12th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 65 mm
- Over colour
- almost completely covered with orange-red flush and deep scarlet stripes
- Russet type
- light yellow dots, a little russet
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white
- Fruit height
- 52 mm
- Flesh texture
- soft and dry
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- absent
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 64.95 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 51.05 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- absent
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- dry
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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