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Eccleston Pippin
type: Dessert, Pie
identification: Large. Round and flattened. The skin colour is greenish yellow over which are red flushes and darker stripes.
uses: Dessert apple also favoured for pies.
origins: Raised or found prior to1883 by N.F. Barnes, head gardener to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, Chester, Cheshire (UK).
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Ready for harvest in the middle of the THIRD period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 11
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