Ribston

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Origin

Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.6 °Bx
Titratable acidity: 4.86 g/L
Juice pH: 3.60
Fruit height: 55.5 mm
Fruit width: 66.5 mm

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

Ribston is a highly esteemed English dessert apple with a rich, aromatic flavor and excellent eating quality, suitable for both fresh eating and culinary uses. The fruit is generally medium or above in size with a smooth appearance and crisp, juicy flesh, though it is not a particularly reliable cropper in New York. It originated over two hundred years ago in Yorkshire, England, where it remains the standard of excellence among dessert apples, though it performs better in northern regions like New England and Canada.

Flavor & Texture

richaromaticsweet_tartcrispjuicyfirm

Best Uses

cooking

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

Lineage

Parents

Margil

Offspring

Cox Orange Pippin Freiherr Von Berlepsch Sturmer Pippin Cox's Orange Pippin Red Sport (Potter)Cox's Pomona Dowell's Pippin Jennifer Wastie King's Acre Pippin Baron Liebig Laxton's Rearguard Madresfield Court Osterley Pippin Rev. W. Wilks

Where to Pick

LynOaken FarmsOrleans County
U-Pick
Kingbird Orchard - Etta Place Cidery

Origin & History

Status: heritage
Known by: ≥ 1700

sprightlysubacidrichpleasantly aromatic

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 588840
UK National Fruit Collection: 5351
Wikidata: Q484711
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Hort