Saint Edmund's Pippin apple
A popular russet apple with the characteristic sandpaper skin and sweet flavour. Often known as St. Edmund's Russet.
Saint Edmund's Pippin is a typical English russet apple - sometimes known as Saint Edmund's Russet. It is very similar to the more widely-known Egremont Russet. Its season is slightly earlier and it does not keep particularly well. The flavour however is arguably richer than Egremont Russet, and the flesh seems juicier - it is not necessarily a better apple, but fans of russet apples tend to think the flavour is superior.
Although a tendency to russeting is a feature of many apple families and varieties (including Golden Delicious and Cox's Orange Pippin), those varieties which exhibit heavy or complete russeting such as Saint Edmund's Pippin are clearly closely related to each other in some way - although interestingly very little is known about the parentage of any of the classic russet varieties. However these russet varieties are often very good varieties for the garden - the trees generally grow in a neat fashion and have very good disease resistance, and tolerate a wide range of growing situations.
Again like several other russet varieties, Saint Edmund's Pippin produces a good juice and can be used for cider production.
Summary
- Species: Malus domestica
- Parentage: Unknown
- Origin: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1875
- Developed by: Mr R. Harvey
- Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 154900
Identification
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Gold
- Flesh colour: Cream
- Bultitude apple group: 8. Russeted, sweet
Using
- Good for eating fresh
- Good for juice
- Good for hard cider
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Flavour style: Sweeter
- Use / keeping: 2-3 weeks
Growing
- Flowering period: Mid season
- Flowering group: 3
- Fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Triploid: No
- Vigour: Slightly small
- Gardening skill: Very easy
- Fruit bearing: Partial tip-bearer
Climate
- Suitable for temperate climates
- Tolerates cold winters
Disease resistance
- Bacterial canker Pseudomonas syringae - Some resistance
- Scab - Some resistance
- Mildew - Some resistance
- Cedar apple rust - Some resistance
Saint Edmund's Pippin identification photos from official fruit collections
Saint Edmund's Pippin identification photos from website visitors
Fruit tree register
Do you have a tree of this variety in your garden or orchard? If so please register the details here and contribute to our international register of fruit trees.
The following Saint Edmund's Pippin trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.
You can also view these trees on a map.
United States
- Dan Spratlen in CAMANO ISLAND, WASHINGTON
- Mike Coogan in TENINO, WA.
- Terry Graham in Tumwater, WA
United Kingdom
- Colin Bowen in
- Graham Hinchliffe in EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX
- Jude Ilett in PEASENHALL, SUFFOLK
Ireland
- Dan Kissane in Killarney, Co Kerry.
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Mature heights for Saint Edmund's Pippin trees
This table shows the likely mature height for a Saint Edmund's Pippin tree taking into account the vigor of the variety, the rootstock, and soil conditions.
| Rootstock | Soil quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Below average | Average | Above average | Very good | |
| P22 | 2.1 ft 0.6 m |
2.6 ft 0.8 m |
3.2 ft 1.0 m |
3.7 ft 1.1 m |
4.2 ft 1.3 m |
| M27 | 2.4 ft 0.7 m |
3.0 ft 0.9 m |
3.6 ft 1.1 m |
4.2 ft 1.3 m |
4.8 ft 1.5 m |
| M9 | 3.6 ft 1.1 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
| Bud.9 | 3.6 ft 1.1 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
| Geneva 16 | 3.6 ft 1.1 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
| Geneva 11 | 4.2 ft 1.3 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.4 ft 2.3 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
| M26 | 4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.6 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
| Geneva 30 | 4.8 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
9.6 ft 2.9 m |
| MM102 | 4.8 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
9.6 ft 2.9 m |
| M7 | 5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
8.1 ft 2.5 m |
9.5 ft 2.9 m |
10.8 ft 3.3 m |
| M116 | 5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
8.1 ft 2.5 m |
9.5 ft 2.9 m |
10.8 ft 3.3 m |
| MM106 | 6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.5 ft 2.3 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
10.5 ft 3.2 m |
12.0 ft 3.7 m |
| MM111 | 7.2 ft 2.2 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
10.8 ft 3.3 m |
12.6 ft 3.9 m |
14.4 ft 4.4 m |
| Bud.118 | 7.8 ft 2.4 m |
9.8 ft 3.0 m |
11.7 ft 3.6 m |
13.7 ft 4.2 m |
15.6 ft 4.8 m |
| M25 | 9.0 ft 2.8 m |
11.3 ft 3.5 m |
13.5 ft 4.1 m |
15.8 ft 4.8 m |
18.0 ft 5.5 m |
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