Lancashire Pippin (Underbarrow)

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1950 - 100   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from Westmorland. Fruits have soft, slightly coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Lancashire Pippin (Underbarrow)

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register