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Nutmeg Pippin
type: Dessert
identification: Small, round conic. The base colour is golden yellow, sometimes with a faded orange blush on the sun exposed face. Marked with patches and veins of cinnamon russet. The eye is small and closed, sometimes partly open, set in a medium depth, narrow basin. The stem is medium long, medium thick and set in a deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, and crisp. Juicy, sweet sharp,flavouful and aromatic.
uses: Dessert
origins: England 1920
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright tree. Bear fruit on spurs and produces good harvests annually. Ready for harvest: In the early part of the fourth period. Problems:Scab, canker, rust, mildew, blight
cold storage: Up to three months
notes: Nutmeg Pippin is also a synonym for the Cockle Pippin but this is not the same variety.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 9
cold storage weeks: 12
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