Wyken Pippin

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Said to have been raised by Lord Craven from seed of a continental apple and planted at Wyken near Coventry. It is also said to have been brought to the UK from Holland in the early 1700s. Fruits have creamy white, moderately firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:

Airley, Alford Prize, Arley, Arley Apple, Gerkin Pippin, German Nonpareil, Girkin Pippin, Pepin de Warwickshire, Pepin du Warwick, Pepping aus Warwickshire, Pepping von Wyken, Pheasant's Eye, Pippin du Warwick, Warwick Pippin, Warwickshire Pippin, White Moloscha

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)

Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)

Mother to:

Laxton's Superb

Father to:

Laxton's Pearmain

Shape

Flat ²

Size

medium ²

Height

42.00mm ²

Width

60.00mm ²

Ribbing

very weak ²

Ground Colour

Green yellow ²

Over Colour

Brown ²

Russet

very low ²

Crunch

crisp ²

Coarseness

fine ²

Flesh Colour

Cream ²

Accession No.

2000 - 101

  

Accession name

Wyken Pippin

Flowering time  ›››

7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall

Picking time

Mid October ¹

References:

1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.

2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register

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