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Home » Fruit » Hard Fruit » Apples » Fresh-Eating Apples » King of The Pippins Apples

King of The Pippins Apples

King of The Pippins (aka Reine des Reinettes Apples) are small apples with greenish-yellow skin with orangey-red blushes, with russeting at the bottom.Inside, the off-white, finely-textured flesh is crisp, juicy and sweet.

The tree can pollinate itself somewhat.

If the tree is thinned, the apples will be quite small, but will be good for cider.

The apple is best after a few weeks in storage and are ready to harvest in early October.

In France, King of The Pippins Apple is known as Reine des Reinettes Apple.

Cooking Tips

The apples can be used as a fresh-eating apple, or a cooking apple. When cooked, the apple keeps its shape, though the flesh becomes yellow.

History Notes

King of The Pippins dates from 1770s in France. Introduced to England via a nursery run by a Mr Kirke in Brompton in 1800 with the name of “King of the Pippins.”

Other names

AKA: Golden Winter Pearmain Apples, Reine des Reinettes Apples
French: Pommes Reine des Reinettes

This page first published: May 5, 2005 · Updated: Oct 5, 2020.

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