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Bridgewater Pippin (of Cheal)
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have probably originated in Bridgewater, Somerset. Recorded in 1665. Fruits have firm flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1943 - 020
- Accession name
- Bridgewater Pippin (of Cheal)
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 69.46 mm 1
- Width
- 79.98 mm 1
- Ribbing
- strong-very strong 1
- Crown
- strong-very strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- dry 1
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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