Baya® Marisa apple
A modern red-fleshed apple variety with a good flavour, developed in Germany, and also known as Tickled Pink.
Baya® Marisa is a modern red-fleshed apple variety, developed by the Bayerisches Obstzentrum (Bavarian Fruit Centre) in Germany. We are grateful to Dr. Michael Neumüller of Bayerisches Obstzentrum for the following information and hope to be able to try some of these apples ourselves next season.
The apples appear on the outside to be typical medium-sized red apples with some attractive lenticels (white specks on the skin). However when the apple is sliced open the unusual and striking red-flesh is revealed.
Red-fleshed apples are rare but not unknown. Red Devil is a popular garden apple variety in the UK which has some bleeding of the red skin colour into the flesh, a characteristic sometimes found in apples related to Discovery. However the extent of the red colouration in Baya® Marisa is far greater. Some crab-apples also have red-flesh, but they usually have unacceptable eating flavour. Baya® Marisa apparently has a good flavour.
Baya® Marisa is a heavy-cropping apple variety (thinning of the fruitlets in late spring is beneficial). Like most apple varieties it is self-sterile and requires a pollination partner. It promises to be a useful apple variety for gardeners, with some resistance to scab.
Baya® Marisa is picked at the end of September and will store in normal conditions until January.
Baya® Marisa is a registered apple variety in Germany and the European Union.
This variety is marketed in the UK as 'Tickled Pink'.
Also known as
- Tickled Pink
Summary
- Species: Malus domestica
- Parentage: Weirouge
- Origin: Germany
- Introduced: 2009
- Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 124500
Identification
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flesh colour: Red / Pink
- Fruit size: Medium
Using
- Good for eating fresh
- Good for cooking
- Good for juice
- Cooking result: Keeps shape Slices are pink after cooking
- Flavour quality: Good
- Ripening period: Mid-Late season
- Use / keeping: 2-3 weeks
Growing
- Cropping: Good
- Flowering period: Mid-Late season
- Flowering group: 4
- Fertility: Self-sterile
- Triploid: No
- Vigour: Average growth
- Gardening skill: Average
- Attractive blossom
- Attractive fruit
Climate
- Suitable for temperate climates
Disease resistance
- Scab - Some resistance
Relationships to other varieties
Parents and other ancestors of this variety:
- Weirouge (parent)
See also:
- Red Devil - red-fleshed apple varieties
Baya® Marisa identification photos from website visitors
Copyright: Bayerisches Obstzentrum
Copyright: Bayerisches Obstzentrum
Fruit tree register
Do you have a tree of this variety in your garden or orchard? If so please register the details here and contribute to our international register of fruit trees.
The following Baya® Marisa trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.
You can also view these trees on a map.
Belgium
- Jan Gelders in ZELEM, LIMBURG
Netherlands
- Karel in alem,
Latest Spring blossom records for this variety
2012 season
- 22nd April 2012 - tree owned by Karel in alem, Netherlands
2011 season
- 18th April 2011 - tree owned by Karel in alem, Netherlands
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Latest harvest records for this variety
2012 season
2011 season
- 1st week September 2011 - tree owned by Karel in alem, Netherlands
Mature heights for Baya® Marisa trees
This table shows the likely mature height for a Baya® Marisa tree taking into account the vigor of the variety, the rootstock, and soil conditions.
| Rootstock | Soil quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Below average | Average | Above average | Very good | |
| P22 | 2.5 ft 0.8 m |
3.1 ft 0.9 m |
3.7 ft 1.1 m |
4.6 ft 1.4 m |
5.5 ft 1.7 m |
| M27 | 2.8 ft 0.9 m |
3.5 ft 1.1 m |
4.2 ft 1.3 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
| M9 | 4.2 ft 1.3 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.5 ft 2.9 m |
| Bud.9 | 4.2 ft 1.3 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.5 ft 2.9 m |
| Geneva 11 | 4.2 ft 1.3 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.5 ft 2.9 m |
| Geneva 16 | 4.9 ft 1.5 m |
6.1 ft 1.9 m |
7.4 ft 2.3 m |
9.2 ft 2.8 m |
11.0 ft 3.4 m |
| M26 | 5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.6 ft 2.0 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.8 ft 3.0 m |
11.8 ft 3.6 m |
| Geneva 30 | 5.6 ft 1.7 m |
7.0 ft 2.1 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
10.5 ft 3.2 m |
12.6 ft 3.9 m |
| MM102 | 5.6 ft 1.7 m |
7.0 ft 2.1 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
10.5 ft 3.2 m |
12.6 ft 3.9 m |
| M7 | 6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.5 ft 2.9 m |
11.8 ft 3.6 m |
14.2 ft 4.3 m |
| M116 | 6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.5 ft 2.9 m |
11.8 ft 3.6 m |
14.2 ft 4.3 m |
| MM106 | 7.0 ft 2.1 m |
8.8 ft 2.7 m |
10.5 ft 3.2 m |
13.1 ft 4.0 m |
15.8 ft 4.8 m |
| MM111 | 8.1 ft 2.5 m |
10.1 ft 3.1 m |
12.1 ft 3.7 m |
15.1 ft 4.6 m |
18.1 ft 5.6 m |
| Bud.118 | 9.1 ft 2.8 m |
11.4 ft 3.5 m |
13.7 ft 4.2 m |
17.1 ft 5.2 m |
20.5 ft 6.3 m |
| M25 | 10.2 ft 3.1 m |
12.7 ft 3.9 m |
15.2 ft 4.7 m |
19.0 ft 5.8 m |
22.8 ft 7.0 m |
From an idea by N. Buck - more details.
Where to buy apple trees
The following fruit tree nurseries offer Baya® Marisa apple trees for sale:
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Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK)
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Where to buy apples
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.
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