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Galloway Pippin
An old Scottish dual purpose apple. Quite sharp in flavour and best used early as a cooker.
Origin: Scotland UK, 1871
Pollination: Galloway Pippin is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Galloway Pippin
Galloway Pippin arose Wigtown, Galloway, Scotland. First brought to notice in 1871 but thought to be much older. Received RHS First Class Certificate 1871. A dual purpose apple, best used early for cooking when it has a quite rich flavour and keeps its shape. As a dessert apple it can be quite sharp.A very large, regular, flat-round fruit. Distinctly flattened at base and apex. Pale green background skin colour becoming pale yellow. Some fruits one-quarter flushed light brown. Creamy-white flesh, a little coarse textured, firm, juicy and crisp.
A tree of moderate vigour. Spreading. Hardy. Good cropper.
Characteristics of Galloway Pippin apple trees
| Use | Dual Cul & Des |
| Colour | Yellow |
| Flavour | Subacid |
| Fruit size | Large |
| Picking time | Late Sep/Early Oct |
| Season of use | Nov-Feb |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Suitable for | Hardy Northern Britain |
| Special features | Attractive Blossom |
| Pollination date | 14 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile triploid |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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