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Herring's Pippin
An attractive large bright red dessert apple with a good aromatic flavour.
Origin: Lincolnshire UK, 1908
Pollination: Herring's Pippin is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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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 Herring's Pippin
Probably raised by Mr Herring of Lincoln. First recorded in 1908. Introduced by Pearson, of Nottingham. An attractive large apple. Round- conical to oblong-conical shape. Rather irregular. Rounded ribs. Pale greenish yellow background skin colour becoming golden yellow. Almost completely covered with a bright deep red flush. Creamy white flesh, rather coarse textured, juicy, with a good aromatic flavour. Very vigorous tree.Characteristics of Herring's Pippin apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Red |
| Flavour | Spicy |
| Fruit size | Large |
| Picking time | Early Sep |
| Season of use | Sep-Oct |
| Tree vigour | Vigorous |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Disease resistance | Scab - Resistant |
| Pollination date | 15 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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