Biology:King of the Pippins

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Short description: Apple cultivar
'King of the Pippins'
Cross section of King of the Pippins, National Fruit Collection (acc. 1972-030).jpg
GenusMalus
SpeciesM. domestica
Cultivar'King of the Pippins'
Origin France
'King of the Pippins' in Deutsche Pomologie

King of the Pippins or Reine des Reinettes[1][2][3] (French), Goldparmäne, Wintergoldparmäne german is an old cultivar of domesticated apple originating from France , and is still used in its original form as well as in many derivative cultivars that have been bred from it.[4] It was also formerly known as Golden Winter Pearmain,[5][1] because of its ripening period at late fall.[2]

Unlike most apple cultivars it is slightly self-fertile.[3]

It earned the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993.[6]

  • Density 0.83 g/cc
  • Sugar 12,5%
  • Acidity 7.7 g/litre
  • Vitamin C 15 mg/100g.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "King of the Pippins", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=3236&&fruit=apple, retrieved 18 October 2015 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Big Horse Creek Farm
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cooks Info
  4. ↑ King of the Pippins by Orange Pippin
  5. ↑ Hogg, The Fruit Manual, 1884
  6. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Malus domestica 'King of the Pippins'". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/112595/Malus-domestica-King-of-the-Pippins-(D)/Details. 
  7. ↑ Silbereisen, Robert; Götz, Gerhard; Hartmann, Walter; Tambour, Gisela; Eberle, Christl (1996). Obstsorten – Atlas. Ulmer (Eugen). ISBN 9783800155378. 

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