New Rock Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Barnwell, Cambridge, by William Pleasance. It was first exhibited in 1821. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine flesh with a sweet, vinous and aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Neuer Stein Peping, Neuer Stein Pepping, Neuer Stein- Pepping, New-Rock Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat globose b
Height
44.00 mm b
Width
57.00 mm b
Ribbing
absent b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Brown b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
White b
Accession name
New Rock Pippin
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register