Saint Edmund's Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by R. Harvey at Bury St. Edmunds, England. Recorded in 1875. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1875. Fruits have moderately firm, juicy, slightly acid flesh with good flavour.
Synonyms:
Early Golden Russet, Saint-Edmund's Pippin, St. Edmonds, St. Edmund's Pippin, St. Edmund's Russet, St. Edmunds, St. Edmunds Pippin, St. Edmunds Russet
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Ffordd-fawr)
Mother to:
Benenden Early
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Height
53.50 mm b
Width
60.00 mm b
Ribbing
very weak b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
very low b
Over Colour
Brown b
Russet
high-very high b
Greasiness
Weak b
Firmness
firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Saint Edmund's Pippin (LA 73A)
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register