Grey Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered in about 1980 by fruit grower J. Tann, Essex. Fruits are sweet with a pleasant flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Accession name
Grey Pippin
Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Height
65.78 mm 1
Width
68.69 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
weak-medium 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register