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Allington Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Thomas Laxton in Lincolnshire before 1884. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1894 under its original name, 'Brown's South Lincoln Beauty'. Renamed in 1894 and introduced by Bunyard of Maidstone in 1896. Once a commercial dessert variety. Fruits have a distinct aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Allington, Allington Peppin, Allington Pepping, Allingtoner Pepping, Allingtonovo jablko, Brown's South Lincoln Beauty, Pepin Allingtona, Pepin d'Allington, South Lincoln Beauty, South Lincoln Pippin
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
- Parentage:
- King of the Pippins x Cox's Orange Pippin
- Mother to:
- John Huggett
- Old Fred
- Cheddar Cross
- Plymouth Cross
- Peggy's Pride
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 65.00mm 2
- Width
- 65.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
2000 - 016
- Accession name
- Allington Pippin
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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