Species Malus pumila Breeder George Pyne Higher classification Apple | Cultivar 'Upton Pyne' Origin Topsham Devon 1910 | |
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Scientific name Malus domestica 'Upton Pyne' Similar Cornish Aromatic, Liveland Raspberry apple, Styre, Chelmsford Wonder, Taliaferro | ||
The Upton Pyne apple is a large cooking variety (also used as an eating apple) noted for its pineapple flavour. In season December to March.
It was introduced in 1910 and raised by George Pyne the owner of Denver Nurseries in Topsham Devon UK. The apple was named after the village of Upton Pyne in Devon UK where his family originated.
In 1933 specimens were exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society.
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