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Alderstone Pippin
type: Dessert
synonyms: Alderston Pippin
summary: A British eating apple from the 1800s, likely no longer grown.
identification: Small, egg-shaped. Yellow base colour with pale red wash.
origins: Not much is known. It was listed in the Royal Horticultural Society's "Catalogue of the Fruits" 1831 edition. It was also listed in Robert Hogg's 1859 "The Apple and its Varieties: Being a History and Description" with the verdict that it was a second-rate cultivar.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the third period.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 3
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