Sturmer Pippin Year:1 YR Permission to use photograph by

Permission to use photograph by Kevin Garrod (Monnow Valley Cider) is gratefully acknowledged

Ripens in October

although not much else is known about its history

A late mid season bittersweet cider apple

Most likely a European variety possibly brought over by Lord Canbermere

Sturmer Pippin Year:1 YR Permission to use photograph byAn old, Essex variety from around 1800, Sturmer Pipping produces a crisp and sharp apple, ready in late October which stores brilliantly, into March. The fruit is medium sized, ribbed and sometimes oblong, with a green skin that has an orange flush. It tastes best when it's been stored for a while, during which it sweetens. Rated by the Victorian writer Hogg as "of first rate excellence".