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Kerry Irish Pippin
type: Eating
synonyms: Aromatic Pippin, Edmonton, Edmonston’s Aromatic Pippin, Kerry Pippin, Odelson’s Pippin, Red Streak Pippin.
identification: Small to medium in size. Round conic and flatten at the eye. The skin base colour is rich greenish yellow maturing to gold, over which is an orange blush and a broken pattern of red striping. White, pearly lenticels and some russetting. The stem is slender, medium length and set in a small cavity.
characteristics: Flesh is creamy yellow, firm and fragrantly fruity. Crisp, tart and crunchy with a spicy flavour and hint of boysenberry. Keeps two months in cold storage.
uses: Fresh eating apple.
origins: This heritage apple had been grown for a long time in the Counties Kikenny and Antrim in Ireland before it was fir mentioned in a 1802 Statistical Survey of County Kilkenny (i 1812 for County Antrim) by the Royal Dublin Society although no indication is given of its parentage. It was subsequently featured in the 1818 edition of Brookshaw and also shown in William Francis Hooker s exquisite engravings in the
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spur bearer. Heavy cropper, bears fruit annually with heavy crops. Ready for Pomona Londinensisin 1818. Pomona Britannicaby George
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