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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Galloway Pippin

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Believed to have come from Wigtown, Galloway, Scotland. It was first brought to notice in 1871 but is thought to be much older. Received First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1871. Fruits have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. Cooks well.

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Offspring in the atlas

Siddington Russet United Kingdom, 1923

Where Galloway Pippin came from.

Sources

Galloway Pippin (accession 1947 - 298), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late september); the other names.