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Lemon Pippin
Culinary / Dessert apple
Thought to be English or possibly of Norman origin. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, dry, slightly acid flesh with a faint aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Englischer Quittenapfel, Englischer Winter Quitten, Englischer Winter Quittenapfel, Englischer Winter-Quittenapfel, Englischer Winterquittenapfel, Kirk's Lemon Pippin, Kirke's Lemon Pippin, Kirkes Lemon Pippin, Konigin Sophien's Afpel, Konigin Sophienapfel, Konigin Sophiens, Konigin Sophiens Apfel, Konigin Sophiensapfel, Lemon, Limon de Galles, Limon de Galles Pippin, Limonen Reinette, Limonien Apfel, Pepin Lemon des Galles, Pepin Limon de Galles, Pudding Apple, Quince, Quince Appel, Quince Apple, Reine Sophie, Reinette de Madere, Reinette Limon de Galles, Reinette von Madeira, Sophia, Verte de Madere, Waliser Limonen Pepping, Winter Queen
Parentage: Sport of Golden Delicious
Flowering time:
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time: Early October
Size: medium
Shape: Globose conical
Height: 53.61 mm
Width: 62.60 mm
Ribbing: weak-medium
Crown: absent
Ground Colour: Green yellow
Over Colour: n/a
Over Colour Amount: absent
Over Colour Pattern: n/a
Russet: low-medium
Crunch: crisp
Juiciness: dry-medium
Flesh Colour: Cream