Sturmer Pippin

'Sturmer Pippin'
Hybrid parentage'Ribston Pippin' x 'Nonpareil'
Cultivar'Sturmer Pippin'
OriginSturmer, Essex, England, before 1831[1]

The 'Sturmer Pippin' is a dessert apple cultivar, believed to be a 'Ribston Pippin' and 'Nonpareil' cross.

'Sturmer Pippin' is recorded as being presented to the Horticultural Society (later Royal Horticultural Society) by Ezekiel Dillistone in 1827.[2] The apple takes its name from the village of Sturmer, Essex.

  1. ^ National Fruit Collection page
  2. ^ Sanders, R. (2010), The Apple Book, ISBN 978-0-7112-3141-2