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Langley Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Veitch at Chelsea, London. First described in 1898. Introduced by Veitch. It received the Award of Merit from the RHS in 1898. Fruits have rather soft, juicy flesh with a moderate aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Brook's Seedling, Brooks' Seedling, Salisbury Silk
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Cox's Orange Pippin x Gladstone
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 53.50mm 2
- Width
- 58.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1978 - 272
- Accession name
- Langley Pippin
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid August 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019