Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Lynn's Pippin
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1942 by William Lynn, Emneth, Cambridgeshire, England. It was named in 1953. Fruits have crisp, creamy white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Lynn's Pippin United Kingdom, 1942
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Pollen parent Ellison's Orange United Kingdom, by 1904
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Seed parent Hubbardston Nonsuch United States, by 1832
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Lynn's Pippin (accession 1953 - 076), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid september).
