Sturmer Pippin

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1843

Origin

Sturmer, near Haverhill, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 13.8 °Bx
Titratable acidity: 8.34 g/L
Juice pH: 3.30

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

A dessert apple of below-medium size with lively green skin covered in brown russet and dull red on the sunny side, resembling the Nonpareil. The flesh is yellow, firm, crisp, and very juicy with a brisk, rich, sugary flavor. Widely regarded as the most valuable dessert apple of its season, perfecting from February to June and remaining desirable long after the Ribston Pippin.

Flavor & Texture

sharpsweetaromaticcrispcrispjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

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

Lineage

Parents

Nonpareil Ribston

Offspring

Merton Joy Braeburn Merton Russet Merton Pippin Eynsham Cross Hog's Snout Ball's Pippin King's Acre Pippin Lady Isabel Oxford Hoard

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Origin type: deliberate cross
Original breeder: Mr. Dillistone
First introduced: 1843 · Sturmer

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References

USDA-NPGS: PI 307382
UK National Fruit Collection: 6089
Wikidata: Q7629101
MUNQ ID: 5249
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Hort