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D’Arcy Spice
type: Dessert, Juice
synonyms: Baddow Pippin, Essex Spice, Spicy apple, Spring Ribston.
identification: Fruit is medium in size, and oblong in shape, often irregular with ribbing down the sides. Five-crowned with deep ridging. Bright green yellow skin with purple-brown flushes and considerable ochre russetting. The stem is very short and completely set in a shallow cavity.
characteristics: The greenish white flesh is firm, crisp, sweet and tart, aromatic, developing distinct aromas of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice, but needs lots of sunshine, especially in late summer and early fall to bring out the full aromas.
uses: This is an excellent fresh eating apple. Also used for making apple juice.
origins: A chance seedling tree found growing in the gardens of Toleshunt D’Arcy Hall at Colchester, Essex (U.K.) in 1785. Trees grafted from the original tree were sold by John Harris at his Broomfield nursery in 1848 under the name Baddow Pippin. It also appeared as as Spring Pippin in the catalogue of Thomas Rivers Nursery at Sawbridgeworth, Herfordshire. Neither name stuck.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Slow growing as a mature tree. Spurs freely but crops irregularly, usually on a biennial basis. Tolerates areas of late frost and moisture. Suited to sandy soil and hot, dry summers.
cold storage: Keeps for up to five months, but tastes best after a few weeks of storage.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab, mildew and canker.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the latter half of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 5
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