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ribston pippin

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Description

Intense, rich aromatic flavour. Firm juicy deep cream flesh. Excellent quality fruit and a good cropper. Origin Yorkshire c1707 It was discovered at Ribston Hall near Knaresborough and is though to come from a seed brought there in 1688. The tree blew down in 1810 but did not die until 1835, when a young shoot sprouted and survived until a gale in 1928.
Latin name: Malus domestica 'Ribston Pippin'
Type: dessert
Uses: eat fresh, cooking
Flavour: 
rich and aromatic
Pollination group: 3
Flowering time: 3 May (start) 8 May (full) 16 May (over)
Picking time:  
October 
Eating/storing time:  
October - January
Size:  
medium
Rootstock:   
Year planted:

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