Cambusnethan Pippin
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1750 either by Paton the gardener at Cambusnethan House, Stirlingshire, Scotland or at the Cambusnethan Monastery. Fruits have fine textured flesh with little juice and a sweet, faintly perfumed flavour.
Synonyms:
Cambusneathan, Cambusneathan Pippin, Cambusnethan, Cambusnethan Apfel, Hollow Snout, Scotch Winter Red Streak, Scotch Winter Redstreak, Watch Apple, Winter Red Streak, Winter Red-Streak, Winter Redstreak
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
small-medium 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Flat 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
low 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Cambusnethan Pippin
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register