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.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 ...

Herring's Pippin apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

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 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

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