Lamb Abbey Pearmain
syn. Lamb Abbey, Lambe Abbey, Laneb Abbey, Laneb Abbey Pearmain, Parmaene der Abtei Lamb, Pearmain de l'Abbaye de Lamb, Pearmain de l'Abbey de Lamb, Pearmain Lamb Abbey
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1804 by Mrs Mary Anne Malcolm at Lamb Abbey, Dartford, Kent. It received the Award of Merit from the RHS in 1901. Fruits have firm, pale yellow, sugary and rich flesh.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 56.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 49.00 mm
- Russet
- low-medium
- Ribbing
- weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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