Siddington Russet

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A russetted sport of Galloway Pippin. Discovered in 1923 by John Jeffries & Sons Ltd., at Siddington, Gloucestershire. Fruits have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Material held in the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust collection (link to website)

Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)

Parentage:

Sport of Galloway Pippin

Ground Colour

Whitish yellow ²

Russet

high-very high ²

Greasiness

Weak ²

Accession No.

1934 - 001

  

Accession name

Siddington Russet (unstable)

Flowering time  ›››

8th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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