PINE APPLE RUSSET OF DEVON
ApplePINE APPLE RUSSET OF DEVON
Origin and History
Long grown in Devonshire and Cornwall. A very distinct fruit. Not to be confused with the Pine Apple Russet of Hogg, which is a different variety. Similar to the Devonshire variety Sops in Wine but distinct and rather smaller.
Tree
Growth habit compact and fertile. Leaves rather small, roundish, slightly upfolded, very coarsely crenate with undulating margins.
Fruit
Size and Form: Fairly large, measuring 2¾ by 2¼ inches, flat conical.
Color: Creamy-yellow ground with golden-red flush and thin russet patches and veinings.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellow, rather dry and rather hard texture. Flavor pleasant with a distinct character of pine.
Season
September.
Use
Dessert.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)PINE APPLE RUSSET OF DEVON. Dessert, September, fairly large, 2¾ by 2¼, flat conical. Colour, creamy-yellow, golden-red flush and thin russet patches and veinings. Flesh, yellow, rather dry, rather hard, pleasant flavour of pine. Growth, compact; fertile. Leaf, rather small, roundish, slightly upfolded, very coarsely crenate, undulating. Origin, long grown in Devonshire and Cornwall. A very distinct fruit.
The Devonshire variety Sops in Wine much resembles this but is distinct and rather smaller. It must not be confused with the Pine Apple Russet of Hogg.