A good late-season English dessert apple, with a strong flavour. Keeps well.
King's Acre Pippin apple identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for King's Acre Pippin
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
- Ribston Pippin (parent)
- Sturmer Pippin (parent)
Offspring of this variety
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Tree register
United Kingdom
- Andrew Collins in NEWMACHAR, ABERDEENSHIRE
- Connor in Southampton,
- Kathy Doyle in Bristol, SOMERSET
- Mary Fielding in LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE
- Mike Pearson in Liverpool, MERSEYSIDE
- Tv15 in Basingstoke,
- Tv15 in Basingstoke,
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: Sturmer Pippin and Ribston Pippin (?)
- Originates from: Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1897
- Developed by: King's Acre Nurseries
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1957-184
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
- Fruit colour: Orange flush
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Rarely grown
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Very late
- Keeping (of fruit): 3 months or more
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sharper
- Cropping: Good
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Picking period: early November
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Ploidy: Triploid
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Some susceptibility
- Bitter pit: Some susceptibility
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer King's Acre Pippin apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
King's Acre Pippin apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow King's Acre Pippin:
United Kingdom
England - midlands
- The Vyne, Basingstoke
References
- Apples of England (1948)
Author: Taylor