Isle of Wight Pippin

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1817

Origin

Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.7 °Bx
Titratable acidity: 11.36 g/L
Juice pH: 3.40

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

A small, globular dessert apple with golden-grey russety skin, orange and red coloring next the sun. The flesh is firm, juicy, with rich aromatic flavor. A first-rate quality dual-purpose fruit for dessert and cider, in season from September to January, and widely cultivated in the UK by 1851.

Flavor & Texture

subacidmildaromaticfirmcoarse_grainedtenderjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Origin & History

Status: heritage
Origin type: found wilding

subacidaromatic

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 590131
UK National Fruit Collection: 2949
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Hort