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Cornish Pine
A large, attractive dessert apple from Devon and
Cornwall with good aromatic flavour.
Origin: Cornwall UK, 1920
Pollination: Cornish Pine is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Cornish Pine
Cornish Pine apple was raised at Exminster, Devon, and believed to be a Cornish Gilliflower progeny. First described in 1920. Grown in Devon and Cornwall in the 1930’s. Medium to large fruit. Greenish yellow skin with orange brown flush and red stripes. Quite soft cream coloured flesh. Very good flavour, rich and aromatic. Can be used for cooking. Vigorous, spreading tree.Characteristics of Cornish Pine apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Aromatic |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Early Oct |
| Season of use | Oct-Dec |
| Tree vigour | Vigorous |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Disease resistance | Scab - Resistant |
| Pollination date | 12 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile triploid |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Cornish Gilliflower |
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