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Christmas Pippin
A new apple with Cox like aromatic flavour but sweeter and easier to grow than Cox.
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Pollination: Christmas Pippin is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. 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 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 |
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