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Yellow Ingestrie apple

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Yellow Ingestrie

Yellow Ingestrie is an old English apple variety, quite well-known for its distinctive yellow coloration.  The yellow becomes more pronounced as the fruit is left to mature.  The flavour is pleasantly aromatic.

The Victorian pomologist Hogg records that Yellow Ingestrie was the result of a cross between Orange Pippin and Golden Pippin, made in about 1800, by a Mr Knight of Herefordshire.  As a result it is often mistakenly thought to be related to Cox's Orange Pippin but "Orange Pippin" is an older apple with a similar name.

Yellow Ingestrie apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Yellow Ingestrie

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

  • USDA watercolor image of Malus domestica: Yellow Ingestrie

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Parents and other ancestors of this variety


Visitor reviews

  • 09 Oct 2022 
    Planted in my Dorset garden mid 70s, denigrated by past owners, appreciated by me 15 yrs. This hot summer produced large yellow red brown speckled skin. Excellent white firm juicy eating. Last year harvest very poor. Leave on tree until almost windfalls. If cooking very brief time. Large harvest good to freeze cooked briefly with cinnamon no sugar then portions frozen for gut health daily all winter.
  • 24 May 2021  DONEGAL, Ireland
    I have only one branch of a apple tree grafted to yellow ingestrie. Very nice looking small yellow apples. After tasting it for the first time last year I decided to graft a whole tree over to it based on the quality of the two apples I tasted. Intense sweet/sharp with lots of flavor including a hint of pineapple. The most flavorful apple I have tasted so far. Only moderately juicy otherwise I would rate it as excellent I would recommend this variety.
  • 18 Oct 2007  CRAWLEY, United Kingdom
    There is a tree nearby to us and I believe it be this variety; the apples are quite nice yes far better than almost anything you get in supermarkets

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United States

United Kingdom

New Zealand

  • Giles in HAMILTON, WAIKATO

Origins

  • Species: Malus domestica - Apple
  • Parentage: Orange Pippin x Golden Pippin
  • Originates from: Wormsley Grange, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Introduced: 1800
  • Developed by: Thomas Andrew Knight
  • UK National Fruit Collection accession: 2000-102

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
  • Flower colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popularity: Rarely grown
  • Annual cycle: Deciduous

Using

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
  • Flavour quality: Good
  • Flavour style (apples): Sweeter
  • Cropping: Good
  • Food uses: Eating fresh
  • Picking period: early September
  • Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators

Growing

  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Flowering group: 3
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Vigour: Weak growing
  • Bearing regularity: Regular
  • Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
  • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
  • Attractive features: Attractive fruit
  • Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

Climate

  • Climate suitability: Temperate climates
  • Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
  • Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)

Where to buy trees

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Where to buy fresh fruit

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