Merton Pearmain
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1934 by M.B.Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with an aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low-medium
- Ribbing
- weak
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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