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
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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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References
Apple cultivars
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