Bow Hill Pippin

A sweet late dessert apple with a slightly nutty flavour.

Origin: Kent UK, 1893

Pollination: Bow Hill Pippin is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Bow Hill Pippin

Raised by A S White of Bow Hill, Maidstone, Kent, UK. Introduced by the nurseryman George Bunyard of Maidstone c1893. Received RHS Award of Merit 1893. Medium to large, round fruit. Red flush and stripes over yellowish green skin. Firm deep cream flesh. Sweet, nutty flavour. Good cropper

Characteristics of Bow Hill Pippin apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early Oct
Season of use	Nov-Feb
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	11
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners