Ribston Pippin
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Fruit: Apple
Use: Dessert
Origin and History: UK; Yorkshire c.1707
Season: Late
Harvest Time: late Sept
Store: Oct-Jan
Qualities and Taste:
Intense, rich, aromatic flavour; juicy, firm deep cream flesh. More acidity than Cox, not as delicate, but stronger with great depth and length. Highly esteemed by the Victorians. (Source: JM).
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Map Reference: A 21
Form: Cordon
Rootstock: MM106
Additional Information:
Triploid. Very high vitamin C content.