[4] Putt, a barrister, is reputed to have perfected the variety and is also said to have won prizes for his fruit trees at agricultural fairs in Honiton.

[2] Tom Putt was grown widely across Devon and Somerset for many years, in gardens as well as orchards, leading to it being nicknamed the "Cottage Apple".

[2] Although due to this wide propagation it is now somewhat variable in form it is usually a red-streaked apple of medium size.

[2] It is an early-bearing triploid variety, classed as a "sharp" type under the usual classification of cider apples.

Taylor, who stated that it "looks attractive on the table as dessert, and has a characteristic sharp flavour of its own" noted that it was used for all three purposes in Somerset.