No Pip
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium 2
Type
Culinary 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
59.00 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1913 from the Earl of Morley, Whiteway, Chudleigh, Devon, through Veitch of Exeter. Fruits have firm, coarse, crisp, yellowish white flesh with a subacid flavour. Fruits rarely have any pips, hence its name!
Accession name
No Pip
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register