King's Acre Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
First recorded in 1897. Introduced by King's Acre Nurseries, Hereford in 1899. Received Award of Merit from RHS in 1897. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a rich aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Cranston's, Cranston's Pippin, Ribston Pearmain
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Croft Pendarren)
- Parentage:
- Sturmer Pippin x Ribston Pippin
- Father to:
- Woolbrook Russet
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 57.50mm 2
- Width
- 72.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium-strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- high-very high 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1957 - 184
- Accession name
- King's Acre Pippin
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering 19th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid October 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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