Eccleston Pippin
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Mr Barnes, Head Gardener to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. It was first described in 1883. Fruits have coarse, but tender flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
50.00 mm 2
Width
66.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Green 2
Over Colour (Amount)
low 2
Over Colour
Pink 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Eccleston Pippin
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register