Ribston Pippin
Ribston Pippin
- Bare root trees can be ordered now and will be delivered from December to March
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Ribston Pippin is a very old apple from Yorkshire that is the parent of Cox’s Orange Pippin so has great flavour.
The fruits are yellow flushed red with russet patches and a crisp.
It is a triploid apple so needs 2 or more apples to pollinate with.
Origin: North Yorkshire 1707
Fruit Uses: 🍎 Eating
Pick From: October
Pollination Group: 1
Self Fertile?: No
Delivery Information
Delivery Information
Bare root tree orders will be despatched from December to March and we will advise you of the expected date on ordering.
For pot grown tree orders delivery is usually within 10 working days and available all year round.
Bare Root
Bare root trees are field grown and lifted in the dormant winter period and can be planted from November to March
These are examples of the form and size of tree you’ll receive when you order from us.
Please note that they may differ dependent on the characteristics of the individual variety.
Pot Grown
Pot grown trees can be supplied all year round and planted anytime. They are usually in 12 or 15L pots
Pollination
Pollination:
Pollination can seem like a complicated subject but it is not as much of a worry as people think, most people are likely to have good pollination in their garden due to the close proximity of other gardens.
Unless a tree is self fertile it will require a pollination partner in order to fruit.
All tree fruits are divided into flowering groups, i.e. varieties that flower at the same time fall into the same group. A variety from group 2 will cross with any other variety from group 2 and also any variety from adjacent groups 1 and 3. This is the same for all the flowering groups. Some trees are triploids, which means that they are no use as a pollinator and require 2 compatible varieties that pollinate each other.