Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | C2 |
Tree Type | Apple |
Variety | Ribston Pippin |
Rootstock | M25 |
Date Planted | 23 January 2011 |
Tree Description | Brownish orange flush, red stripes over yellowish green; ripening to bright red over gold, some russet patches. Intense rich aromatic flavour; firm deep cream flesh. A large vigorous tree, can be a light cropper. A highly esteemed midwinter dessert apple. |
Comments | Suggested by RP. Lawrence D. Hills' high Vitamin C group, 30.60Mg. Vitamin C per 100 grams. So called from Ribston, in Yorkshire, where the first Pippins, introduced from Normandy about 1707, were planted. It is said that Sir Henry Goodrichr planted three pips; two died, and from the third came all the Ribston Apple-trees in England. |
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A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut. (George Orwell)