Tickled Pink (Baya® Marisa) is a new dual-purpose apple variety with a remarkable and unusual red flesh. We have worked alongside the Frank P. Matthews nursery in the West Midlands to introduce this new variety to the UK. The first trees will become available for the autumn 2011 season.
On the tree the apples appear just like any other red apple, but cut one open and the striking red flesh is revealed. The flavour is tart but pleasantly mild.
The blossom is a particularly attractive feature of this variety, being a deep solid crimson red - making it an excellent ornamental feature in the spring garden.
As you might expect Tickled Pink is also a useful apple for the kitchen. The slices keep their shape when cooked, and have an attractive pink colouring. The juice is also pink.
Stocks will be very limited and orders will be satisfied on a first-come first-served basis.
**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.
Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.
*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.
Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.
Tickled Pink is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.
Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.
More advice about pollination.
Apple growers have been trying to develop red-fleshed apples for more than a century. Much of the early work was carried out in California by apple enthusiast Albert Etter, who started with a red-fleshed crab apple brought to the USA from eastern Europe by German settlers. Many of these varieties suffer from weak growth, biennial bearing, and below-average disease resistance, as well as an indifferent flavour. Tickled Pink has been developed specifically for the commercial grower and amateur gardener and has greatly improved horticultural characteristics, including some scab tolerance.
The main thing to look out for is over-cropping, which can be addressed by thinning the fruitlets in June.
Planting instructions.
Pruning instructions.
Germany 2009. This variety is registered under the trademark name Baya® Marisa.
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