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Orange Pippin Trees
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Flowering group
- 3
Picking season
- Mid
Self-fertility
- Not self-fertile
Category
- Eating plums
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Categories
Apples
10
Mid-season eating apples
9
Cooking apples
1
Dual-purpose apples
1
Cherries
1
Sweet cherries
1
Plums
3
Eating plums
1
Cooking plums
2
Dual-purpose plums
1
Stock availability
All
1
In stock
0
Not in stock
1
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Espalier
Fan-trained
Step-over
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
Average
1
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
4
Partially self-fertile
2
Not self-fertile
1
Flowering group
?
1
2
1
3
1
4
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
1
Poor
Ploidy
?
Diploid
Triploid
Universal pollinator
?
Yes
No
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
1
Mild damp climates
Warm climates
1
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
1
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
1
September
October
November
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
1
Mid
1
Late
6
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
Good
Light
1
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
1
Culinary
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
1
Edible fruits
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
Sharper
Sweeter
Aromatic
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
1
Average
Poor
Scab
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
1
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
2000
Flowering month
March
April
May
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Purple
Purple - light
1
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
Plum trees
Kirke's Blue
An old-fashioned blue plum with a rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile