English Apples - Croft Pippin
Attractive dual purpose apple found in a private garden in Croft, Leics. Original tree still standing.
This is less acidic than a Bramley, contains virtually no vitamin C, is a deeper red; shiny skin, OK
as a dessert apple from about October; hangs till late Oct or early Nov but attracts birds because
of its bright colour. Stores until early December. Round-conical in shape.
Very regular, heavy cropper every year. Most of the apples are very large; a similar size to 'Calla Colossus'. Weare naming this apple 'Chapman's Colossus', after the person (Nellie Chapman) in whose garden it was found. It was planted as a pip by one of her children in the fifties.
Pictures (click on small images for detail):
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compiled by Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
