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Wyken Pippin
type: Cider, Dessert
synonyms: Airley, Alford Prize, Arley, Gerkin Pippin, German Nonpareil, Girkin Pippin, Pheasant’s Eye, Warwick Pippin, Warwickshire Pippin, White Moloscha
summary: A small but flavourful and crunchy dessert apple from the Netherlands. The tree grows to a medium height which makes it a perfect choice for a limited home orchard.
identification: Small and round-flattened. When fully ripe, skin is golden yellow and lightly blushed orange on the sun-exposed face. Feels rough with patches of brownish russet and abundant russet lenticels. The stem is short and set in a shallow, moderately wide cavity. The calyx is medium size and open, set in a shallow and wide basin which is usually lightly ribbed.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, firm, fine-textured, very juicy, tangy and sweet. Very fruity. Improves in storage.
origins: According to noted British pomologist, Robert Hogg, author of "British Pomology" (published in 1851) , the Wyken Pippin was grown by Lord Craven from the pip of an apple he had obtained in Holland or Belgium during a 1715 journey through continental Europe. The seedling was subsequently planted in the garden of Lord Craven's estate at Wyken, northeast of Conventry in Britain.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright growing tree. Bears fruit on spurs.
progeny: Laxton's Superb, Laxton's Pearmain
cold storage: Keeps well for about three months.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 13
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
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