Ribston Pippin Apple Back To List Apple Description: Ribston Pippin is a well known, high quality triploid dessert apple. Ground colour yellowish green becoming brownish-orange with short, broken red stripes. Pale yellow flesh, crisp, firm and sweet, aromatic in flavour, more acid than Cox. Described as being ‘like a good dessert wine’. A valuable garden variety! History: Raised at Ribston Hall, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire in 1707. Grown from a pip that turned, has enjoyed popularity for hundreds of years. In 1962 it received an Award of Merit from Royal Horticultural Society. Pollination Partners: Apple Adam's Pearmain Apple Bardsey Apple Cornish Aromatic Apple Egremont Russet Apple Golden Pippin Apple Lord Lambourne Apple Red Windsor Apple St Edmund's Russet Attributes Pollination group: Pollination group 2 Picking month: October Triploid Storing: January Uses: EatingJ Suitable for juicing Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Tom Putt Apple Large, bright red-crimson streaks. Firm crisp and sharp. Sweet when cooked. Disease resistant. Full Details Fortune Apple Early Cox but slightly sweeter and easier to grow. Best left on the tree for as long as possible to allow flavour to develop. Full Details Pearl Apple Dark crimson attractive fruits with broken dark red stripes and pleasant flavours. Aromatic, sweet and crisp variety. Full Details Santana ® Apple Large crunchy and juicy, scab resistant and very productive. Hypo-allergenic for those with apple allergies. Full Details
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