Christmas Pippin

History and description of Christmas Pippin

Unlike most other new apple varieties which are are produced through modern scientific breeding programmes Christmas Pippin was discovered in the old fashioned way as a roadside seedling. Its parentage is therefore not known but features of the fruit and the tree suggest that Cox's Orange Pippin and Gala may be involved.

Medium sized, round conical fruit. Scarlet flush over a pale greenish yellow skin. Similar to Cox's Orange Pippin in appearance but with the more yellow colours of Sunset. Crisp, juicy cream coloured flesh. Sweet with some of the aromatic character of Cox's Orange Pippin.

Christmas Pippin is easy to grow making it a good garden alternative to Cox particularly for those who prefer sweeter apples.

Characteristics of Christmas Pippin apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet-sharp
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early Oct
Season of use	Oct-Dec
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	10
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners