Stepover trees are used primarily for edging a border or pathway or to divide the kitche/vegetable garden. These very tiny trees are just 18” in height with two side laterals from the main stem forming a capital ‘T’ shape. The stepover Red Pippin tree is an ormamental addition to your garden and these trees are grown on the smallest avaailable rootstock, M27. Plant 120-150cm’s apart
Syn ‘Fiesta’ Fiesta is a relatively new English apple, developed in Kent in the 1970s but with a very traditional English style and flavour. Cox's Orange Pippin is one of its parents, and it has inherited the classic Cox aromatic sweet/sharp flavour, although not quite quite as complex as that esteemed variety. A much better groiwer and a much better garden apple than Cox’s.
Red Pippin Apple tree – Season:
Stores very well; harvest in October and can be kept until the Spring.
Red Pippin - appearance:
Medium sized olive green overlaid coppery red, flushed and striped.
Red Pippin apple trees – flavour:
Well balanced, sweet-sharp taste, akin to Cox’s,not quite as dynamic but very good.
Uses:
A dessert apple and also highly valued for juicing.
Cropping & Growth
Medium growth, hardy and disease free. Heavy cropper.
Red Pippin- Pollination: Red Pippin is in pollination group ‘B’ so will pollinate well with varieties in the same or adjacent groups. Here are some suggested varieties:
Falstaff
Elstar
Discovery
Jester
Bountiful
Arthur Turner
Merton Knave
Fortune
