Elmore Pippin

A golden yellow dessert apple with an intense sweet sharp flavour.

Origin: Gloucestershire UK, 1949

Pollination: Elmore 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. More ...

Elmore Pippin apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Elmore Pippin

A dessert apple of UK origin received by the National Fruit Collection in 1949. Medium to large fruit. Golden yellow skin with russet dots. Yellow flesh with an intense sweet-sharp flavour.

Characteristics of Elmore Pippin apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Yellow
Flavour	Sweet-sharp
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Feb
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	16
Pollination group	E
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners