Downton Pippin
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Thomas Andrew Knight at Wormsley Grange, Hereford. It was first exhibited in 1806. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid, vinous flavour.
Synonyms:
de Downton, Downton, Downton Golden Pippin, Downton Pepping, Downton-Pepping, Downton's Pepping, Downtoner Pipping, Elton Golden Pippin, Elton Pippin, Knight's Golden Pippin, Knight's Pippin, Majestic, Pepin Dauntona, Pepin de Downton, Pomme de Downton, Reinette Carmelite, Saint Mary's Pippin, Saint-Mary's Pippin, St. Mary's Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Parentage:
Orange Pippin x Golden Pippin
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
intermediate to flat, rectangular, convex b
Fruit Height
44 mm b
Fruit Width
51 mm b
Ground Colour
yellow b
Over Colour
slightly tinged red b
Russet Type
dotted with russet b
Flesh Colour
yellowish white b
Flesh Texture
firm, crisp b
Flavour
vinous, sweet, subacid b
Accession name
Downton Pippin
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
small a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Flat globose a
Height
44.10 mm a
Width
53.77 mm a
Ribbing
absent a
Crown
absent a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
n/a a
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a a
Russet
low-medium a
Firmness
firm a
Crunch
crisp a
Juiciness
dry-medium a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register