Cornish Pine
syn. Hillesdon Beauty, Red Ribbed Greening
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to be a seedling of Cornish Gilliflower. It was raised at Exminster, Devon. First described in 1920. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Conical
- Width
- 77.00 mm
- Height
- 69.50 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium-strong
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Strong
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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