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Ribston Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Ribston Hall, Yorkshire, England from seed brought from Rouen, and planted in about 1707. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1962. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, moderately juicy flesh with a rich aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Beautiful Pippin, Englische Granat Reinette, Englische Granat-Reinette, Englische Granatreinette, Englische Granatrenette, English Granat Reinette, Essex Pippin, Flory of York, Formosa, Formosa Pepping, Formosa Pippin, Glory of York, Granat-Reinette, Granatreinette, Jadrnac Ribstonsky, Kaiser Reinette, Lord Raglan, Nonpareil d'Angleterre, Nonpareille, Nonpareille d'Angleterre, Pepin de Ribston, Pepin Ribston, Pepin Ribstona, Pepina Ribstona, Pomme Granatee, Pomme Granite, Poppina Ribston, Reinette de Traver, Reinette de Travers, Reinette de Traves, Reinette Grenade Anglaise, Ribsten Renett, Ribston, Ribston Orange, Ribston Pepin, Ribston Pepping, Ribston-Pepping, Ribston's Pepping, Ribstone, Ribstone Pippin, Ribstonov Pepin, Ribstonské, Ribstonsky Jadernac, Ridge, Rockhill's Russet, Traver's, Traver's Apple, Traver's Pippin, Traver's Reinette, Travers, Travers Apple, Travers Peppin, Travers Pippin, Travers Reinette, Travers', Travers' Apfel, Travers' Pippin, Travers's, Travers's Apple, Travers's Reinette
- 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 (Croft Pendarren)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
- Mother to:
- Sturmer Pippin
- Jennifer Wastie
- Cox's Pomona
- Cox's Orange Pippin
- Cox's Orange Pippin Red Sport (Potter)
- Father to:
- Freiherr von Berlepsch
- King's Acre Pippin
- Laxton's Rearguard
- Reverend W. Wilks
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 55.50mm 2
- Width
- 66.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1973 - 142
- Accession name
- Ribston Pippin (LA)
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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