Osterley Pippin
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Osterley Pippin is a handsome dessert apple slightly below medium size with greenish-yellow, firm, crisp, juicy flesh possessing a rich, brisk, aromatic flavor resembling the Ribston Pippin. Raised from seed at Osterley Park near Isleworth, Middlesex, it remains in use from October to February and is resistant to grub attack.
Flavor & Texture
sharpsubacidaromaticbriskfirmcrispjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
Parents
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
- Origin type
- open pollinated seedling
briskaromaticsharp subacid
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 4449
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
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