Herring's Pippin

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary / Dessert

Introduced

1917

Origin

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 68.0 mm
Fruit width: 83.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A medium to large, round conical apple with pale greenish-yellow and brown-red coloring, ripening in November. The flesh is tender with a spicy, aromatic flavor. Its origin is undiscovered; Bunyard relied on specimens kindly provided by Mr. Pearson.

Flavor & Texture

spicyaromatictender

Best Uses

fresh_eatingcooking

Lineage

Parents

Cox Orange Pippin Cellini

Offspring

Merton Reinette

Origin & History

Status: unknown
Origin type: deliberate cross

spicyaromatic

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 2720
Wikidata: Q41778003