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Saint Edmund's Pippin
Dessert apple
Raised by R. Harvey at Bury St. Edmunds, England. Recorded in 1875. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1875. Fruits have moderately firm, juicy, slightly acid flesh with good flavour.
Synonyms:
Early Golden Russet, Saint-Edmund's Pippin, St. Edmonds, St. Edmund's Pippin, St. Edmund's Russet, St. Edmunds, St. Edmunds Pippin, St. Edmunds Russet
Mother to:
Shape: Broad globose conical
Size: medium
Height: 53.50mm
Width: 60.00mm
Ribbing: very weak
Ground Colour: Green yellow
Over Colour: Brown
Over Colour (Amount): very low
Russet: high-very high
Greasiness: Weak
Crunch: crisp
Coarseness: fine
Flesh Colour: Cream
Flowering time:
2nd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time: Mid September