Venus Pippin
syn. Plumderity, Venus' Pippin
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have been raised in about 1800 in Devon, England. Fruits have tender, soft, coarse, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet, slightly acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early August
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Ellipsoid
- Width
- 68.00 mm
- Height
- 65.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium-strong
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
Source · National Fruit Collection
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