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Berkeley Pippin
type: Cider, Dessert
synonyms: Dafferton
summary: Was believed to have disappeared, but it was relocated and is once again grown.
identification: Medium size, round to round-flattened, sometimes conic. Skin is green over which is a pattern of reddish stripes.
characteristics: Needs to be stored several weeks before it reaches full flavour.
origins: Originated in Berkeley, Gloucestershire (UK) in the late 1800s. Was believed to have disappeared in the mid-1900s, but a bearing tree was located and the variety once again exists in the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the fifth period.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 5
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