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Saint Albans Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Kent, England. Recorded in 1883. Fruits have fine, tender, yellowish flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Saint Alban' s Pippin, Saint-Alban's Pippin, St. Alban's Pippin
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 50.50mm 2
- Width
- 60.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Greasiness
- Strong 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1950 - 067
- Accession name
- Saint Albans Pippin
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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