Donated to the orchard by the Baptist Church and planted in 1997 the Ribston Pippin originated in Yorkshire, England, c1707, and was grown from three apple pips sent from Normandy. A seed of one of its progeny produced the Cox’s Orange Pippin. This dessert apple has yellow skin, flushed with orange, and streaks of red with russet at the base and apex. The yellow flesh is firm, fine-grained with a sweet and intensely rich, aromatic flavour. Some tasters detect a “pear-drop” flavor, and others have compared it to fermenting cider. The fruit is ripe in late September and can store until January. It is said this apple has 6 times more vitamin C than most apples. Free spur bearing.