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July Pippin
type: Cooking, Culinary
synonyms: July Pippin is also a synonym for Early Harvest
summary: This sweet-tart cooking apple from Britain is among the earliest ripening cultivars. However, it is often confused with an American early-season cooking apple.
identification: Small, conical and often taller on one side than the other. The skin is rich yellow over which are streaks and flushes on the shaded face, washed red with darker streaks on the sun-exposed face.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and juicy, brisk.
uses: Cooking.
origins: Believed to have originated in the area of Heathfield, in Sussex, England.
cold storage: Does not store well.
harvest: Ready for harvest about early in the second period.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 2
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