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
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Russet
high-very high 2
Greasiness
Weak 2
Accession name
Siddington Russet (unstable)
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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