Pitmaston Pine Apple
syn. Ananas de Pitmaston, Pine-Apple, Pineapple, Pineapple Pippin, Pitmaston Pine, Pitmaston Pineapple, Reinette d'Ananas
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
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.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Narrow conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- high-very high
- Ribbing
- absent
- Firmness
- firm
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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