Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Saltcote Pippin
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by James Hoad at Rye, Sussex. First recorded in 1918. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1928. Fruits have firm, slightly juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Saltcote Pippin United Kingdom, by 1918
- Seed parent Ribston Pippin or Radford Beauty
Sources
- Saltcote Pippin (accession 1926 - 023), 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 (early october).
