Applevariety

Thorle Pippin

Also known as der Wirtelapfel +15

der Wirtelapfel · Lady Derby · Paradise · Summer Thorle · Summer Whorle · Thoral · Thoral Pippin · Thorle · Thorle d'Ete · Thorll Pippin · Watson's New Nonesuch · Watson's New Nonsuch · Watson's Nonesuch · Whorle · Whorle Pippin · Wirtel Apfel

A dessert apple with white flesh and whitish-yellow skin, broad round-conical in shape; sweet, dry and soft. Picked in late August.

Origin · Scotland

Taste & texture

Sweetness
sweet
Firmness
soft
Flavour
sweet
Used for
Dessert apple

How to spot it

Skin
Surface colour almost completely covered with orange-red flush and deep scarlet stripesBackground colour pale yellow
Flesh
yellowish white
Shape
flat, rectangular, convex
Size
mediumFruit width 65 mmFruit height 52 mm
Appearance
Surface ridges not ribbedRusset pattern light yellow dots, a little russet

Origin & family

Where Thorle Pippin began

Recorded origin

Scotland

United Kingdom

Field notes

Original source notes
Fruit & tree
flavour
sweet
ribbing
not ribbed
synonyms
der Wirtelapfel, Lady Derby, Paradise, Summer Thorle, Summer Whorle, Thoral, Thoral Pippin, Thorle, Thorle d'Ete, Thorll Pippin, Watson's New Nonesuch, Watson's New Nonsuch, Watson's Nonesuch, Whorle, Whorle Pippin, Wirtel Apfel
fruit size
medium
fruit shape
flat, rectangular, convex
fruit width
65 mm
over colour
almost completely covered with orange-red flush and deep scarlet stripes
russet type
light yellow dots, a little russet
flesh colour
yellowish white
fruit height
52 mm
flesh texture
soft and dry
ground colour
pale yellow
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