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Apple
Christmas Pippin 

 

 

 

 
SummaryA modern Cox-style variety, found growing by a roadside.




Identification

Christmas Pippin




Fruit colour




Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Christmas Pippin




FlavorVery good




Flavour styleSweet/Sharp




Ripening periodMid season




Use/Keeping1-2 months




Cooking result




Growing

Christmas Pippin




Picking




CroppingHeavy




Vigour




PollinationFlowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Gardening skillVery easy




ProblemsCanker - Some resistance
Scab - Some resistance

Other

Christmas Pippin




Country of originUnited Kingdom




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