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Ribston Pippin apple trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 3       Uses: Eat fresh | Cookery 
Ribston Pippin apple tree

A particuarly handsome apple, thought to be one of the parents of Cox's Orange Pippin. It has some of the aromatic qualities of that variety when eaten fresh, but is noticeably sharper in flavour - and for this reason is often used in the kitchen as well.

By Victorian times Ribston Pippin was very popular as a late autumn apple, and the Victorian fruit enthusiast Robert Hogg reported that it was in "greatest perfection during November and December".

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Ribston Pippin apple trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £34.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £35.00
Full size (5m+)1-year - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £32.00
Full size (5m+)Standard 1.75m - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £37.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Ribston Pippin

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1700 - 1749
  • Fruit colour: Orange flush
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Ribston Pippin

Ribston Pippin is in flowering group 3. Ribston Pippin is a triploid variety and cannot pollinate other varieties. It needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. You can either plant a self-fertile variety (which will pollinate itself and the Ribston Pippin) or you can plant two pollination partners which must each be of different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Ribston Pippin. If you need further advice on this just get in touch. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.



How to grow Ribston Pippin apple trees

Ribston Pippin is a tough tree, suitable for growing throughout England and much of Scotland - but it needs a sheltered situation in more northerly gardens and it prefers a drier climate than a wet one if possible.



Varieties with similar picking times to Ribston Pippin

<== Pick slightly earlierAbout the same timePick slightly later ==>
Bountiful
Ellison's Orange
Greensleeves
Limelight
Lord Lambourne
McIntosh
Meridian
Norfolk Royal Russet
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Red Devil
Red Windsor
Saint Edmund's Russet
Worcester Pearmain

Alkmene
Charles Ross
Cox's Orange Pippin
Gala
Holstein

Allington Pippin
Bardsey
Egremont Russet
Honeycrisp
Red Delicious
Santana
Sunset
Tickled Pink



Historical details

Named after Ribston Hall in North Yorkshire, England, where this variety was first planted in the 18th century. Having been grown in Yorkshire for more than 200 years Ribston Pippin is rightly regarded as a traditional Yorkshire variety, however it was almost certainly brought to Ribston Hall from France.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Ribston Pippin




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