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Wadhurst Pippin

syn. Ney Mi, Ney-Mi, Reinette de Wadhurst, Wadhurst Pepping

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in the early 1800s at Wadhurst, Sussex. Fruits have crisp, yellowish flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye, ribbed on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
tall to intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
76 mm
Over colour
flushed brownish red streaked crimson
Flesh colour
yellowish
Fruit height
70 mm
Flesh texture
crisp
Ground colour
yellow tinged green
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Globose
Width
74.08 mm
Crunch
crisp-very crisp
Height
65.20 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
strong
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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