History & Description
It is thought that the variety originally grew at Parham Park near Arundel and was first recorded as a variety in 1629 by Parkinson, becoming well known by the late 1600s.
It has an intense, brisk taste with a fruity lemon tang. The small fruit were poached whole to make sweetmeats, pippin, jelly, tarts and cider.
Golden Pippin was widely grown in gardens and markets in the eighteenth century, but by the 1890s it was thought of as too small, though it was used in the first apple breeding programmes.
The fruit is gold-coloured with many bold russet dots and some russet at the base. The apple is small in size and round-conical in shape with a short thick stalk and pale yellow flesh.
The tree is of medium vigour and resistant to scab.
It can be picked in early October and stored until January.
Pollination day: F11