Lemon Pippin

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Thought to be English or possibly of Norman origin. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, dry, slightly acid flesh with a faint aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:
Englischer Quittenapfel, Englischer Winter Quitten, Englischer Winter Quittenapfel, Englischer Winter-Quittenapfel, Englischer Winterquittenapfel, Kirk's Lemon Pippin, Kirke's Lemon Pippin, Kirkes Lemon Pippin, Konigin Sophien's Afpel, Konigin Sophienapfel, Konigin Sophiens, Konigin Sophiens Apfel, Konigin Sophiensapfel, Lemon, Limon de Galles, Limon de Galles Pippin, Limonen Reinette, Limonien Apfel, Pepin Lemon des Galles, Pepin Limon de Galles, Pudding Apple, Quince, Quince Appel, Quince Apple, Reine Sophie, Reinette de Madere, Reinette Limon de Galles, Reinette von Madeira, Sophia, Verte de Madere, Waliser Limonen Pepping, Winter Queen

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Golden Delicious

Accession No.
1951 - 229     check_circle

Accession name
Lemon Pippin

Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
53.61 mm 1

Width
62.60 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
n/a 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a 1

Russet
low-medium 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Juiciness
dry-medium 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

Accession No.
1999 - 090   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Yellospur


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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