Old Rock Pippin

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1981 - 148   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1981 from Mrs A. Brodie, Meare, near Glastonbury, Somerset.

Accession name
Old Rock Pippin

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September ^a

Size
small ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
very weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.