Good for drying. Small, yellow dotted fruit with greenish-white, crisp, acid flesh.
Lemon Pippin apple identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for Lemon Pippin
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Tree register
United Kingdom
- Andrew Auld in Matlock, DERBYSHIRE
- Christine Bradley in LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE
- Lenore Greensides in Beverley, EAST YORKS
- Meadowcopse in Chester, CHESHIRE
Canada
- Bill O'Keefe in Dobbinton, ONTARIO
- Sooke Region Museum in Sooke, BC
Spring blossom records for this variety
2012 season
- 3rd May 2012 - tree owned by Lenore in Beverley, United Kingdom
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Harvest records for this variety
2012 season
- 2nd week October 2012 - tree owned by Lenore in Beverley, United Kingdom
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Originates from: England, United Kingdom
- Introduced: Before 1700
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1951-229
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1700 - 1749
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Rarely grown
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 3 months or more
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Flavour style (apples): Sharper
- Discoloration of fruit: No discoloration (Good for drying)
- Cropping: Heavy
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Picking period: mid-October
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Lemon Pippin:
Canada
British Columbia
- Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island
References
- Apples of England (1948)
Author: Taylor