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Petit Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 38.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1948 - 724
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from East Malling Research Station. Fruits have soft, creamy white flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
- Accession name
- Petit Pippin
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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