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Tupstones
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Worcestershire, England. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945. Fruits have firm, fine, yellowish white flesh with a subacid and nutty flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 61.00mm 2
- Width
- 65.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Russet
- high-very high 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1945 - 136
- Accession name
- Tupstones
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019