Upton Pyne

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)

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 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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