Merton Pippin

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

Accession No.
1975 - 311   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Merton Pippin (LA 71A)

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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