Grey Pippin

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Discovered in about 1980 by fruit grower J. Tann, Essex. Fruits are sweet with a pleasant flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate, rectangular, convex ^b

Ground Colour
green ^b

Russet Type
netted russet ^b

Accession No.
1992 - 006   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Grey Pippin

Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Height
65.78 mm ^a

Width
68.69 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak-medium ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out ^a

Russet
low-medium ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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