Pitmaston Pine Apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Mr White, steward to Lord Foley at Witley, England in about 1785. Introduced by Williams of Pitmaston, Worcester, England. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with a sweet, rich, distinctive flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Ananas de Pitmaston, Pine-Apple, Pineapple, Pineapple Pippin, Pitmaston Pine, Pitmaston Pineapple, Reinette d'Ananas
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Croft Pendarren)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
- Parentage:
- Golden Pippin x Unknown
- Shape
- Narrow conical 2
- Size
- small 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Russet
- high-very high 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1955 - 024
- Accession name
- Pitmaston Pine Apple
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering 16th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early October 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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