Upton Pyne

Culinary / Dessert apple

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by Pyne of Topsham, Devon. Introduced in 1910. Fruits have firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a somewhat acid and fair flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)

Fruit Size
large ^b

Fruit Shape
conic, convex ^b

Ground Colour
golden yellow ^b

Over Colour
striped pink ^b

Flesh Colour
white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm ^b

Flavour
subacid, slightly aromatic, pine flavour ^b

Tree
upright growth ^b

Accession No.
1931 - 009   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Upton Pyne

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register