Stoke Edith Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated at Stoke Edith, Herefordshire. Recorded in 1872. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellow flesh with a subacid, sweet and perfumed flavour.
Synonyms:
Stock-Edith Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Westhope)
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Narrow conical b
Height
50.00 mm b
Width
50.00 mm b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Flesh Colour
Yellowish b
Accession name
Stoke Edith Pippin
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register