Sturmer Pippin

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by nurseryman Dillistone at Sturmer, Suffolk, England. First recorded in 1831. Fruits have very firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a little subacid and rich aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:
Apple Royal, Creech Pearmain, Moxhay, Pearmain de Sturmer, Pepin de Sturmer, Pepin iz Shturmera, Royal, Stur1ner's Pepping, Sturmer, Sturmer Pepping, Sturmer's Pippin, Sturmers Pepping

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

Parentage:
Ribston Pippin x Nonpareil

Mother to:
Oxford Hoard
Merton Russet
King's Acre Pippin
High View Pippin

Father to:
Ball's Pippin
Merton Pippin

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Height
51.50 mm 2

Width
60.00 mm 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour
Brown 2

Russet
very low 2

Firmness
firm-very firm 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
2000 - 091     check_circle

Accession name
Sturmer Pippin

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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