Summer 2025Order now for delivery from 22nd September onwards (December for bare-root trees and mixed orders).
Tel. 01759 392007

Tickled Pink apple trees

Malus domestica
Tickled Pink is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4

Baya® Marisa

Tickled Pink (Baya® Marisa) is a new dual-purpose apple variety with a remarkable and unusual red flesh. We worked alongside the Frank P. Matthews nursery in the West Midlands to introduce this new variety to the UK in 2011. It is amongst the best of the true red-fleshed apples for eating flavour.

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, and the flesh is very juicy.

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.

Tickled Pink featured in one of the dishes in the dessert finals of the BBC cookery programm 'Great British Menu' (series 14) in May 2019.

Tickled Pink apple trees for sale

Pot-grown

All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.

All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.

  • PG12-year bush-trained 11.5L pot-grown tree, M27 rootstock£63.00
    Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
    Very small tree (< 1.7m after 10 years)
  • PG22-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree, M26 rootstock£58.75
    Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
    Medium tree (2m-3m after 10 years)
  • PG32-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree, MM106 rootstock£58.75
    Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • PG4Premium half-standard 12L pot-grown tree, MM106 rootstock£64.00
    Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)

Bare-root

  • BR12-year bush-trained bare-root tree,M9 rootstock£48.50
    Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
  • BR21-year bare-root tree,M26 rootstock£37.95
    Medium tree (2m-3m after 10 years)
  • BR32-year bush-trained bare-root tree,M26 rootstock£45.25
    Medium tree (2m-3m after 10 years)
  • BR41-year bare-root tree,MM106 rootstock£37.95< 5 in stock
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR52-year bush-trained bare-root tree,MM106 rootstock£43.00
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR61-year bare-root tree,M25 rootstock£37.95
    Very large tree (4m-7m after 10 years)

Need help? Ask our fruit tree experts

Call us on 01759 392007 or fill in our contact form.

Tree specification

Photos of trees as supplied | Tree sizes and forms

Next deliveries

Delivery from week commencing 22nd September 2025 (or December for bare-root trees and mixed orders).

Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

Growing and Training

Tickled Pink has been developed specifically for the commercial grower and amateur gardener and has greatly improved horticultural characteristics over some of the earlier red-fleshed apple varieties, including better scab tolerance.

The main thing to look out for is over-cropping, which can be addressed by thinning the fruitlets in June.

Recommended pollinators for Tickled Pink apple trees

Tickled Pink is not self-fertile, so you will need another different but compatible variety planted nearby in order to produce fruit. The following varieties are good pollinators for Tickled Pink. If you are not sure about pollination requirements don't hesitate to ask us. More pollinators >

  • Pollinator Braeburn
    Braeburn
    Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
  • Pollinator Gala
    Gala
    Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.
  • Pollinator Newton Wonder
    Newton Wonder
    A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
  • Pollinator Ellison's Orange
    Ellison's Orange
    Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
  • Pollinator Golden Hornet
    Golden Hornet
    Malus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.
  • Pollinator John Downie
    John Downie
    John Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.
  • Pollinator Peasgood's Nonsuch
    Peasgood's Nonsuch
    Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
  • Pollinator King of the Pippins
    King of the Pippins
    A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.

History

Germany 2009. This variety is registered under the trademark name Baya® Marisa.


Tickled Pink characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group4
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climates

Using

  • Picking seasonLate
  • CroppingGood
  • Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
  • Food usesEating freshCulinaryJuice

Problems

  • Scab (Apple and Pear)Some resistance

Identification

  • Country of originGermany
  • Period of origin2000
  • Blossom colourCrimson
  • Flesh colourPink / Red

Similar varieties

  • See also Hidden Rose
    Hidden Rose
    Hidden Rose is named for the unexpected pink flesh hidden behind the plain green skin.
  • Pendragon
    Pendragon is a red-fleshed dual-purpose apple from Cornwall.

British-grown trees Trees grown in the UK.

Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK. Find out more.

In addition, all our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance. Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. The scheme aims to improve UK biosecurity by setting standards for all growers and retailers involved in selling plants in the UK. Find out more.

Guaranteed fruit trees

When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions. Find out more.

More about apple trees

If space is limited these dual-purpose apples are well worth considering. Pick them slightly early to use in the kitchen, or let them ripen and you can eat them fresh.

Early-season dual-purpose apples include Katy and James Grieve, which are both sharp enough to use in pies and crumbles, but also pleasant for eating fresh (particularly if you like a sharper apple). Traditional English varieties like Blenheim Orange and Ribston Pippin come into their own later in the autumn.


Pages you viewed