Cornish Pine
AppleCORNISH PINE
Origin / History
Raised at Exminster, Devon, from a pip of Cornish Gillyflower. Bunyard (1920) gives the alternative name Red Ribbed Greening.
Tree
Moderately fertile. Leaf large, long, dark, upfolded, down held, finely serrate.
Fruit
Size: Medium to large, 2¼ by 2¾.
Form: Oblong, conical, very irregular.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Golden-yellow, with thick broken stripes.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh firm, yellow, sweet, aromatic.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December to February.
Uses
Culinary.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Red Ribbed Greening
View original book sources (1)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)CORNISH PINE. (Red Ribbed Greening.) Culinary, December to February, medium to large, 2¼ by 2¾, oblong, conical, very irregular. Colour, golden-yellow, with thick broken stripes. Flesh, firm, yellow, sweet, aromatic. Moderately fertile. Leaf, large, long, dark, upfolded, down held, finely serrate. Origin, raised at Exminster, Devon, from a pip of Cornish Gillyflower.