Isle of Wight Pippin

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Isle of Wight Pippin
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Art Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica )
origin Normandy
Breeding year before 1817
ancestry

unknown

List of apple varieties

The Isle of Wight Pippin , also Isle of Wight , Isle of Wight Orange , formerly Orange Pippin , is a variety of the cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ). The variety was introduced from Normandy to the Isle of Wight in 1817 , but is probably much older. The oldest known tree stood at Wraxhall Cottage on the Isle of Wight.

The fruits are small to medium-sized and round to flattened. The basic color is green with orange to red coloring. Overall, the apple looks "coppery". The apple blooms early in the year, but ripens relatively late. The tree grows vigorously and is resistant to powdery mildew and fruit tree cancer .

The apple can be consumed in the fresh air store from September to January. In the 18th century, the variety was widely used to produce cider . Their main growing area was in Herefordshire, England . Robert Hogg described the apple in his Fruit Manual as not very vigorous, healthy and with strong yields. Of all the apples known as the Orange Pippin in Hogg's time , the Isle of Wight Pippin is the most flavorful and the most suitable to grow.

Remarks

  1. ^ A b George Lindley: A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden , Collins & Hannay, 1833
  2. ^ A b Nigel Deacon: English Apples - Isle of Wight Pippin , Diversity
  3. ↑ Garden Apple ID: Isle of Wight Pippin
  4. ^ Nigel Deacon: Apples from the Isle of Wight , Diversity
  5. ^ John Claudius Loudon: An Encyclopaedia of Gardening , 1824 p. 21
  6. ↑ Robert Hogg: Isle of Wight Pippin from: The Fruit Manual