Upton Pyne apple

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Primarily a cooking variety, notable for a delicate pineapple-like flavour. Cooks to puree.

Last updated 10 Jun 2010.

Summary

Species: Malus domestica
Parentage: Unknown
Origin: Devon, England, United Kingdom
Introduced: 1910
Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 117700

Identification

Fruit colour: Red / Orange flush
Flesh colour: White
Fruit size: Large
Bultitude apple group: 4. Flushed / striped, smooth, dessert / dual-purpose

Using

Good for cooking
Cooking result: Puree
Flavour quality: Average
Flavour style: Pineapple
Ripening period: Late season
Use / keeping: 1-2 months

Growing

Cropping: Heavy
Flowering group: 3
Fertility: Self-sterile
Triploid: No
Gardening skill: Very easy
Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
Attractive blossom
General disease resistance: Good

Climate

Suitable for temperate climates

Disease resistance

Scab - Some resistance

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John Owen-Jones in Exeter, Devon
Marilyn Hartwell in TIVERTON, DEVON
Mr e Harvey in EXETER, DEVON
Yaron Peled in Pelynt, Looe, Cornwall

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