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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 >
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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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 cropperCharacteristics 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 |
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