Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Newtown Pippin is a distinguished American winter apple with exceptional versatility. Firm and fairly sharp at harvest, it develops a complex, rich and gently spiced flavour after one or two months in storage. It is excellent for fresh eating, cooking, juice and cider. Very late ripening means it requires a sufficiently long autumn in northern European regions.

Newton Pippin

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

First discovered in the 18th century, Newtown Pippin is a versatile American apple with a good aromatic flavour.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

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Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

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Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

G11 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4326 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Newtown Pippin is a traditional American apple variety with a history going back more than 250 years. It is not the prettiest apple you ever saw, but it is one of the best-flavoured – aromatic with plenty of acid and pleasantly refreshing, and sometimes a pineapple-like note. The flesh is dense, crisp and juicy.

Newtown Pippin is not an apple to eat straight from the tree, instead it should be harvested in mid-October and then stored in a cold dark frost-free shed for a month or so, which gives the rich sweet flavour time to develop. It is a versatile apple for use in the winter, for eating fresh, cookery and also for juicing.

The rich aromatic flavour of Newtown Pippin was held in high regard in Victorian England too. The well-known Victorian pomologist Hogg referrred to it as “A dessert apple, which, when in perfection, is not to be surpassed”. Hogg also records that the Newtown Pippins tended to arrive in London markets in January, after the sea-voyage from the USA – at which point they will have been at the peak of flavour.