New Rock Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Barnwell, Cambridge, by William Pleasance. It was first exhibited in 1821. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine flesh with a sweet, vinous and aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Neuer Stein Peping, Neuer Stein Pepping, Neuer Stein- Pepping, New-Rock Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Height
44.00 mm 2
Width
57.00 mm 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Brown 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
New Rock Pippin
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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