Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Upton Pyne
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Pyne of Topsham, Devon. Introduced in 1910. Fruits have firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a somewhat acid and fair flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Upton Pyne United Kingdom, by 1910
- Parent Lord Derby United Kingdom, by 1862
- Parent Charles Ross United Kingdom, by 1890
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
Sources
- Upton Pyne (accession 1931 - 009), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october).
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its parents, Lord Derby and Charles Ross, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
