Planted in this orchard in 1996 this is a very old English eating apple, an underestimated cooking apple and also used for juice and cider making. The apple has an irregular, conical shape with a bright red flush, sometimes completely covering the apple. Raised towards the end of the 18th century by the Rev Tom Putt, or by his uncle of the same name and brought to the vicarage at Trent, near Sherbourne, Dorset. Two distinct apples have been accorded this name, a Somerset variety and a Herefordshire variety. The variety in this orchard is from Somerset, ripening mid-season in early to mid September.