Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Apple

Variety/Cultivar

Sturmer Pippin

Fruit Description

Medium to large, green apple with a slight flush, can also russet. Flesh is crisp, flavour is briskly sweet. Good keeper.

Common Uses

Dessert apple

Origin

Suffolk, England, 1831.

Pollination

Diploid, pollinated by most other diploids that flower at the same time, e.g. Akane, Bonza, Cox, Crofton, Delicious, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Lady Williams, Pink Lady.

Chill Hours

Blossom Time

Mid-season.

Harvest Time

Late harvest

Production Notes

Spur bearer. Tree is slender, and a good cropper. Pick as late as possible to develop full flavour.

Disease Susceptibility

Moderately susceptible to black spot (apple scab)

Images

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