Pomiferous
Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
Ball's Pippin
type: Dessert
synonyms: Lane’s Oakland Seedling
identification: Medium tending to large, round and flattened, sometimes conic. The base colour is greenish yellow over which are red stripes and patches of russet. The eye is small and closed, set in a open and shallow basin. The stem is long and slender, set in a somewhat dep and wide cavity which is usually russeted with rays extending up onto the shoulder.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and juicy. Sweet sharp and aromatic. Keeps three months in cold storage.
uses: Dessert
origins: introduced in 1923 by nurseryman J.C, Allgrove of Langley. Cox s Orange Pippin x Strummer Pippin, J. C. Allgrove, Langley, Royal Horticulture Society, England, introduced, 1923
cultivation: Vigorous. Ready for harvest starting in the first half of the FOURTH period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 11.
Donate a cider?
©2016-2021 Pomiferous.com. All rights reserved