Origin: Possibly the missing Kew Admirable. An apple probably from the 1700s last recorded in Britain in 1895.
Appearance: It is a late, medium-sized, dessert apple with a golden skin covered with russet in the stalk cavity. Half the apple colours up with a red blush.
Taste: The flesh is tender but firm, sweet, with complex flavours and good acidity. The flesh does not discolour.
Background: The pippin apple is one of the oldest apple varieties to come out of the United States. The Pippin Apple is said to have originated as a chance seedling or “pip” near a swamp estate in Queens Country, New York in 1730. In the 1800s the Pippin was exported to London where it was a favourite of Queen Victoria.
Article by Georgia Curry