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'Ribston Pippin' is a triploid cultivar of apples, also known by other names including 'Essex Pippin', 'Beautiful Pippin', 'Formosa', 'Glory of York', 'Ribstone', 'Rockhill's Russet', 'Travers', and 'Travers's Reinette'.
This apple was grown in 1708 from one of three apple pips sent from Normandy to Sir Henry Goodricke of Ribston Hall at Knaresborough, Yorkshire; the original trunk did not die until 1835. It then sent up a new shoot and, on the same root, lived until 1928.
The 'Ribston Pippin' is one of the possible parents of 'Cox's Orange Pippin'.
The apple skin is a yellow, flushed orange, streaked red with russet at the base and apex. The yellow flesh is firm, fine-grained, and sweet with a pear taste. Irregularly shaped and sometimes lopsided, the apple is usually round to conical in shape and flattened at the base with distinct ribbing. Weather conditions during ripening cause a marbling or water coring of the flesh, and in very hot weather, the fruit will ripen prematurely.
Pippin, Peppin, Pepin or Pipin may refer to:
Pippin, Peppin, and Pepin (Latin: Pippinus, Pipinus, and Pepinus) are variants of a single Frankish given name borne by the following figures in the Carolingian family that ruled the Frankish Empire in what is now France and the western parts of Germany in the Middle Ages:
Orange Pippin is a website providing information on the different cultivars of apple, cherry and plums. It was established around 2005 by Richard Borrie, a database programmer who lives in England. Currently, it carries a listing of over 2000 apple orchards and 600 apple cultivars, and it is regarded as the most comprehensive resource for apple cultivars and orchards.
Orange Pippin is named after England's most famous apple variety, the Cox's Orange Pippin which according to them, is widely regarded as the finest of all dessert apples.
Cox's Orange Pippin, in Britain often referred to simply as Cox, is an apple cultivar first grown in 1830, at Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire, England, by the retired brewer and horticulturist Richard Cox. Though the parentage of the cultivar is unknown, Ribston Pippin seems a likely candidate. The variety was introduced for sale by the 1850s by Mr. Charles Turner, and grown commercially from the 1860s, particularly in the Vale of Evesham in Worcestershire, and later in Kent.
Cox's Orange Pippin is highly regarded due to its excellent flavour and attractive appearance. The apples are of medium size, orange-red in colour, deepening to bright red and mottled with carmine over a deep yellow background. The flesh is very aromatic, yellow-white, fine-grained, crisp, and very juicy. Cox's flavour is sprightly subacid, with hints of cherry and anise, becoming softer and milder with age. When ripe apples are shaken, the seeds make a rattling sound as they are only loosely held in the apple's flesh.
The 'Sturmer Pippin' is a dessert apple cultivar, believed to be a 'Ribston Pippin' and 'Nonpareil' cross.
'Sturmer Pippin' is recorded as being presented to the Horticultural Society (later Royal Horticultural Society) by Ezekiel Dillistone in 1827. The apple takes its name from the village of Sturmer, Essex.
This apple is medium-sized, and has a bright green skin becoming greenish to yellow and flushed red. A good picking time is mid-November to late November . One of the best English keeping apples, 'Sturmer Pippin' became widely grown and exported from Tasmania and New Zealand from the 1890s.
Ribston Pippin is an apple of great genetic value. It was the parent of Cox's Orange Pippin which is often considered the best of all apples for flavour, and the grandparent of the MANY excellent apples which have been raised from Cox seedlings. Ribston Pippin was raised in 1707 in Yorkshire, allegedly from a pip brought over from Normandy. It is said to have very high vitamin C levels. Season is October to December. It has the fault of tending to drop just before it is ripe, but this year we have somehow managed to catch it just in time. Julia and I picked 26 boxes from 10 trees, our boxed hold about 15kg of fruit, so about 32 kg or 65 pounds of fruit from each of these trees. The trees are 21 years old on M26, originally from Blackmoor nurseries. They have ben doing very much better sin...
Ribston Pippin is a famous, genetically and historically significant apple variety which also looks and tastes excellent. First grown in Yorkshire from a seed brought from Rouen in Normandy, France, in about 1688, as far as my sources can say. That's over 400 years ago. The original tree was grown at Ribston hall, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and blew down in 1810 but was supported by stakes and continued to fruit until 1835. I find it quite awesome to think that the 20 Ribston Pippin trees in my orchard have all come via grafting from the progeny of that original tree. It is a triploid tree, which usually means (as with triploid apples Bramley and Suntan) strong vigour and potentially difficult pollination. The fruits are liable to suden drop at harvest time according to the books, which ...
Getting the right picking time is difficult. PIck too early and flavour, colour and sweetness will not fully develop. Leave it too late and the fruit may drop or be damaged by birds and insects. You may have to take a best guess and make compromises Books offer a guide, but soil, location, altitude, microclimate and season all have an influence. The best advice I can give is to read up aout the fruits you grow, keep a close eye on them as picking time gets near, and make notes. I advise anyone starting out fruit growing to consider keeping a diary. All fruit is best stored in a cool, well ventilated place which is not too dry. Best used slightly under ripe than left to go over.
I gave these 10 mature apple trees a really hard pruning last inter, the video is up for you to see. Note how healthy the trees are. Despite the huge amount of wood I sawed out (sorry for repeating myself in the video) they are looking great.
A video of my friends from Bradford University-2011-2014
Ribston Pippin has been ADOPTED! Congratulations to Ribston and his new family! Ribston Pippin is a 2-year-old, male, Corgi mix. He is a mellow, quiet companion. He loves to give gentle kisses and snuggle by your side. If you are looking for a furry lovebug, then look no further. Like all rescued dogs, a Basic Manners training class can be a fabulous for Ribston to showcase how smart he can be while also engaging in a fun activity with his new adopter. http://www.adoptapet.com/pet/10678088-walnut-creek-california-corgi-mix
'Ribston Pippin' is a triploid cultivar of apples, also known by other names including 'Essex Pippin', 'Beautiful Pippin', 'Formosa', 'Glory of York', 'Ribstone', 'Rockhill's Russet', 'Travers', and 'Travers's Reinette'. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): Aron Ambrosiani License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Author(s): Aron Ambrosiani (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ambrosiani) ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest knowledge databases in the world available to people with limited vision. Article available under a Creative Commons license Image source in video
First recorded in 'The Gardeners Chronical' of 1847, where readers were told that a plant of Sturmer Pippin had been presented to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1827, where it was listed as a first rate variety in the Society's Catalogue of Fruits. Raised by Mr Dillistone, at the village of Sturmer, in Suffolk, south east England. Believed to be a cross between Ribston Pippin and Nonpareil. As an aside, Ribston Pippin is a marvellous apple parent which also gave us Cox's Orange Pippin, which itself became the parent of many lovely apples, including Winter King which I just reviewed, as well as Suntan, Sunset and Kidd's Orange Red. If I ever did try to raise a new apple variety, Ribston Pippin would be one of my starting points due to its track record. But it is still my advice ...
Cox's Orange Pippin, in Britain often referred to simply as Cox, is an apple cultivar first grown in 1830, at Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire, England, by the retired brewer and horticulturist Richard Cox.Though the parentage of the cultivar is unknown, Ribston Pippin seems a likely candidate.The variety was introduced for sale by the 1850s by Mr.Charles Turner, and grown commercially from the 1860s, particularly in the Vale of Evesham in Worcestershire, and later in Kent. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): Dominicus Johannes Bergsma License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Author(s): Dominicus Johannes Bergsma (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Famberhorst) ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipe...