One of the best winter dessert apples, in use from November to April, and by many considered more sweet, and tender, than the old Nonpareil.
The tree is quite hardy, a slender grower, and never attains to a large size, but is a very excellent bearer. It succeeds well on the paradise stock, and is well adapted for dwarfs, or for being grown as an espalier.
This excellent variety was raised by John Braddick, Esq., of Thames Ditton.
43. BREEDON PIPPIN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iii. p. 268. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 85. [Lind. Guide], 64. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 82.
- Figure.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iii. pl. 10, f. 1.
Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish, and somewhat oblate, broader at the base than the apex, where it assumes somewhat of a four-sided shape. Skin, deep dull yellow tinged with redish orange; inclining to red on the side exposed to the sun, and marked with a few traces of delicate brown russet. Eye, open, with short ovate reflexed segments, which are frequently four in number, set in a broad, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, half an inch to three quarters long, inserted in a round and shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, and with a rich, vinous, and brisk flavor, resembling that of a pine-apple.
This is one of the best dessert apples; it is in use during October and November. It bears some resemblance to the Court of Wick, but is considerably richer in flavor than that variety.
The tree is hardy; a slender grower, and does not attain a large size; it is, however, an excellent bearer. It is well adapted for dwarf training, and succeeds well on the paradise stock.
This esteemed variety was raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon, at Bere Court, near Pangbourne, Berkshire.