Sturmer Pippin Year:1 YR Still a favourite in many

Still a favourite in many Quebec cideries to this day

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

Named after the farm and the owner's late wife

although not much else is known about its history

developing a more complex flavour as it ripens

Sturmer Pippin Year:1 YR Still a favourite in manyAn 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".