King of the Pippins
Also known as Aranyparmen +104
Aranyparmen · die Englische Winter-Goldparmane · Englische Winter Gold Parmaene · Englische Winter Gold Parmane · Englische Winter Gold Pearmain · Englische Winter Gold-Parmane · Englische Winter Golden Pearmain · Englische Winter Goldparmane · Englische Winter Winter-Gold-Parmane · Englische Winter-Gold-Parmane · Englische Winter-Goldparmane · Englische Wintergoldparmane · English Winter Golden Pear · George I · George II · Gold Parmaene · Gold Parmane · Golden Winter Pearmain · Golden Winter-Pearmain · Golden-Winter-Pearmain · Goldparmane · Goldreinette · Guld Pearmain · Guld-Pearmain · Guldparman · Guldpearmain · Gullparman · Hampshire Golden Pippin · Hampshire King of the Pippins · Hampshire Yellow · Hampshire Yellow Golden Pippin · Hamshire Yellow · Herzogs Reinette · Jone's Southampton Pippin · Jones · Jones Southampton Pippin · Jones Southampton Pippins · Jones' Southampton Pippin · Jones' Southampton Yellow · Jones's Southampton Pippin · King of Pippins · King of the Pippin · King Pippin · Krolowa renet · Orange Pearmain · Parm einette · Parmain d'Or · Parmain Doree · Parmaine Doree · Parmen zimnii zolotoi · Parmena zlata · Parmena zlata zimna · Parmena zlata zimni · Pearmain Dorata · Pearmain Dorato · Pearmain dorato d'inverno · Pearmain Dore · Pearmain Dore d'hiver · Pearmain Doree · Pearmain Doree d'Hiver · Pearmain-doree d'hiver · Pike's Pearmain · Polosatii Safran · Polosatii shafran · Prince of Pippins · Prince's Pippin · Princess Pippin · Queen of the Pippins · Regina delle Renette · Reine des Reinettes · Reinette d'Oree · Reinette de Friesland Hative · Reinette de la Couronne · Reinette Siavee · Seek no Farther · Seek no Further · Seek-no-Further · Shropshire Pippin · Teli arany parmen · The King of Pippins · Ventinus Ellacott · Ventinuss Ellicott Pippin · Ventmus Ellicott Pippin · Ventmuss Ellicot · Ventmuss Ellicott · Ventmuss Ellicott Pippin · Vermillon Raye · Vermillon Rayee · Vinter Guldpearmain · Winter Gol Parmane · Winter Gold Parmaene · Winter Gold Parmane · Winter Gold Pearmain · Winter Goldparmane · Winter Pearmain · Winter-Gold-Parmane · Winter-Goldparmane · Wintergoldparmane · Zimni zlote parmena · Zimnii zolotoi parmen · Zlata zimni parmena · Zlatna parmena · Zlota Reneta · Zlotoi Parmen · Parm einette
A medium dessert apple with yellowish-white flesh and golden skin, flushed orange, streaked red, first recorded in 1800; sweet, mildly tart, aromatic and juicy. Picked in early October.
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Acidity
- subacid
- Scent
- aromatic
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Flavour
- sweet, aromatic
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour flushed orange, streaked redBackground colour golden
- Flesh
- yellowish white
- Shape
- intermediate, conic, convex to straight
- Size
- mediumFruit width 62 mmFruit height 56 mm
- Appearance
- Russet pattern dotted russet
Origin & family
King of the Pippins’s family
13 varieties · 12 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
King of the Pippins
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Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- tree
- upright
- sports
- King Russet Rote Goldparmane
- flavour
- sweet, aromatic
- synonyms
- Aranyparmen, die Englische Winter-Goldparmane, Englische Winter Gold Parmaene, Englische Winter Gold Parmane, Englische Winter Gold Pearmain, Englische Winter Gold-Parmane, Englische Winter Golden Pearmain, Englische Winter Goldparmane, Englische Winter Winter-Gold-Parmane, Englische Winter-Gold-Parmane, Englische Winter-Goldparmane, Englische Wintergoldparmane, English Winter Golden Pear, George I, George II, Gold Parmaene, Gold Parmane, Golden Winter Pearmain, Golden Winter-Pearmain, Golden-Winter-Pearmain, Goldparmane, Goldreinette, Guld Pearmain, Guld-Pearmain, Guldparman, Guldpearmain, Gullparman, Hampshire Golden Pippin, Hampshire King of the Pippins, Hampshire Yellow, Hampshire Yellow Golden Pippin, Hamshire Yellow, Herzogs Reinette, Jone's Southampton Pippin, Jones, Jones Southampton Pippin, Jones Southampton Pippins, Jones' Southampton Pippin, Jones' Southampton Yellow, Jones's Southampton Pippin, King of Pippins, King of the Pippin, King Pippin, Krolowa renet, Orange Pearmain, Parm einette, Parmain d'Or, Parmain Doree, Parmaine Doree, Parmen zimnii zolotoi, Parmena zlata, Parmena zlata zimna, Parmena zlata zimni, Pearmain Dorata, Pearmain Dorato, Pearmain dorato d'inverno, Pearmain Dore, Pearmain Dore d'hiver, Pearmain Doree, Pearmain Doree d'Hiver, Pearmain-doree d'hiver, Pike's Pearmain, Polosatii Safran, Polosatii shafran, Prince of Pippins, Prince's Pippin, Princess Pippin, Queen of the Pippins, Regina delle Renette, Reine des Reinettes, Reinette d'Oree, Reinette de Friesland Hative, Reinette de la Couronne, Reinette Siavee, Seek no Farther, Seek no Further, Seek-no-Further, Shropshire Pippin, Teli arany parmen, The King of Pippins, Ventinus Ellacott, Ventinuss Ellicott Pippin, Ventmus Ellicott Pippin, Ventmuss Ellicot, Ventmuss Ellicott, Ventmuss Ellicott Pippin, Vermillon Raye, Vermillon Rayee, Vinter Guldpearmain, Winter Gol Parmane, Winter Gold Parmaene, Winter Gold Parmane, Winter Gold Pearmain, Winter Goldparmane, Winter Pearmain, Winter-Gold-Parmane, Winter-Goldparmane, Wintergoldparmane, Zimni zlote parmena, Zimnii zolotoi parmen, Zlata zimni parmena, Zlatna parmena, Zlota Reneta, Zlotoi Parmen
- mother to
- Hope Cottage Seedling Laxton's Triumph Allington Pippin
- fruit size
- medium
- fruit shape
- intermediate, conic, convex to straight
- fruit width
- 62 mm
- over colour
- flushed orange, streaked red
- russet type
- dotted russet
- flesh colour
- yellowish white
- fruit height
- 56 mm
- flesh texture
- firm
- ground colour
- golden
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.