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King's Acre Pippin
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 57.5 mm
- Fruit width
- 72.5 mm
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
A medium, round-conical dessert apple with yellow skin flushed brown-red and netted with russet. The flesh is crisp, juicy, and highly aromatic. Storage extends to March, and it is regarded as one of the best late dessert apples.
Flavor & Texture
aromaticjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
Parents
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
- First introduced
- 1899 · King's Acre Nursery
crispjuicyhighly-aromatic
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 3244
- Wikidata
- Q41778689