Claygate Pearmain
syn. Archerfield Pearmain, Bradley's Pearmain, Brown's Pippin, Claygate Parmaine, Claygate Parmane, Claygate Parmena, Claygate Pippin, Claygate-Parmaene., Claygate-Parmane, Deepdane Pearmain, Deepdene Pearmain, Doncaster Pearmain, Empress Eugenie, Formosa Nonpareil, Formosa Pippin, Fowler's Pippin, Mason's, Mason's Ribston Parmain, Mason's Ribston Pearmain, Parmane Claygate, Parmen Kleigatskii, Pearmain Claygate, Pearmain de Claygate, Pomme de Claygate, Ribston Pearmain, Summer Pearmain, Winter Pearmain
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Discovered by John Braddick at Claygate, Surrey and exhibited to the Horticultural Society in 1821. It received an Award of Merit in 1901 and a First Class Certificate in 1921 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, rather coarse textured juicy flesh with a rich aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 67.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 59.00 mm
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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