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.Find 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. More ...

Cornish Pine apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

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