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Allington Pippins are Dual purpose eating apples with a lovely bitter-sweet pineapple flavour, which also cook pretty well.
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These trees produce an abundance of attractive pale yellow fruits flushed with rosy red, with a juicy cream coloured flesh.
Excellent as an eating apple, it has a sharp bitter-sweet pineapple flavour which mellows when stored. When used as a cooking apple, it holds its shape well and keeps its delicious flavour.
It has a really high vitamin C content too, and is great for juicing and cider making. A great all rounder!
Best planted in a sunny, sheltered spot. They can be planted as a specimen into a lawn, or lining a driveway where the lovely blossom can be enjoyed in spring.
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Look out for: The blossom has some susceptibility to frost damage so avoid planting in frost pockets, and can suffer from mildew. However, it has a good resistance to scab and is suitable for wet regions.
Allington Pippin was originally called 'South Lincoln Pippin' and was bred around 1884 by nurseryman Thomas Laxton. It is a cross between the 'King of the pippins' and the 'Cox's orange pippin' It was renamed in 1894 by George Bunyard after the village of Allington near Maidstone in Kent.
Our fruit trees are delivered in up to 3 shapes and you can also buy selected apple trees as ready made cordons.
Maiden: This unbranched tree is the smallest starting size. You can train maidens into espaliers and cordons.
Cordon: Discovery trees are partial tip-bearers, so they are still suitable for cordons & espaliers.
Bush: This is a style of freestanding tree with a short trunk of about 60cms. It will grow to about 3 metres tall.
Half-Standard: This is a freestanding style that will grow into a full sized, "normal" apple tree, about 4 metres tall.