Merton Pippin

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, England by M.B.Crane. Introduced in 1948 but discarded in Britain in 1959. Fruits have whitish cream flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Sturmer Pippin

Size
large ²

Type
Dessert ²

Shape
Flat globose ²

Ground Colour
Green ²

Over Colour
Red ²

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ²

Flesh Colour
Cream ²

Accession No.
1975 - 311   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Merton Pippin (LA 71A)

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ¹

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References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register