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Kilkenny Pearmain

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Ireland. It was recorded in 1831. Fruits have fine, tender, dry flesh with a sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late September
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
60.50 mm
Height
51.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Juiciness
dry
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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