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Orange Pippin Trees
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Varieties
16 varieties
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Flowering group
- 3
Picking season
- Late
Self-fertility
- Not self-fertile
Category
- Late-season eating apples
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Categories
Apples
23
Late eating apples
16
Cooking apples
5
Dual-purpose apples
4
Cherries
2
Sweet cherries
2
Cider apples
1
Pears
4
Dessert pears
3
Cooking pears
2
Perry pears
4
Plums
6
Eating plums
6
Dual-purpose plums
1
Stock availability
All
16
In stock
14
Not in stock
2
Form
1-year
13
1-year bush-trained
2-year
3
2-year bush-trained
10
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
5
Premium half-standard
3
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
4
Cordon-trained
4
Espalier
4
Fan-trained
3
Step-over
Each
Mature size
Very small
2
Small
7
Medium
10
Large
14
Very large
5
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
2
?
M9
7
?
M26
8
?
M116
4
?
MM106
14
?
M25
5
?
Supplied as
Bare-root
13
12L pot
8
11.5L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
9
Average
7
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
2
Partially self-fertile
2
Not self-fertile
16
Flowering group
?
1
2
2
3
16
4
8
5
6
1
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
11
Poor
3
Ploidy
?
Diploid
13
Triploid
2
Universal pollinator
?
Yes
No
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
14
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
2
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
16
Mild damp climates
5
Warm climates
2
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
15
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
September
2
October
1
November
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
Mid
Late
16
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
4
Good
10
Light
2
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
2
1-2 months
10
3 months or more
4
Food uses
Eating fresh
16
Culinary
2
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
4
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
5
Sharper
Sweeter
4
Aromatic
8
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Juice style
Sweeter
1
Sharper
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
5
Average
8
Poor
1
Scab
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
6
Some susceptibility
4
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
2
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
1
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
1
Ukraine
United Kingdom
13
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
2
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
3
1950 - 1999
3
2000
7
Flowering month
March
April
May
Flesh colour
White
1
Cream
2
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
3
Orange flush
6
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
2
Red / Black
Red / Green
1
Red striped
Russet
2
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
1
White
Fruit size
Small
Average
3
Large
Very large
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
5
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
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Adams Pearmain
Adams' Pearmain is a popular Victorian-era English apple with a distinctive 'pearmain' shape.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Ballerina Samba
®
One of the best-flavoured Ballerina minarette-type apple varieties.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Bright Future
An excellent late-season English apple with a very good sweet/sharp flavour and crisp hard flesh.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Christmas Pippin
®
Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a chance seedling tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Core Blimey
TM
Core Blimey is a red Cox-style eating apple, suitable for most areas of the UK.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Herefordshire Russet
Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Jupiter
Jupiter is a popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Little Pax
TM
A new English apple variety, recently discovered on the Isle of Wight - but its appearance and flavour hark back to the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Melrose
Melrose is a well-regarded American apple, with a pleasant sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Queen of the Realm
TM
A new apple variety, released in 2022 to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Ribston Pippin
A handsome English apple from the 18th century.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Rosemary Russet
A classic English russet apple, but not as well known as its Victorian contemporaries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Rubinette
Considered by many to be the best-tasting apple ever, Rubinette has a perfect sweet / sharp flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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William Crump
A little-known high quality English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Winter Gem
Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile