Worcester Pearmain
syn. Pearmain de Worcester, Worcester, Worcester Parmaene, Worcester Parman, Worcester Parmane, Worcester-Parman, Worchester Parmane
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 3 accessions
Raised by Mr Hale of Swan Pool, near Worcester, England. Introduced by Smith of Worcester in 1874. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1875. Fruits have firm, white, a little juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1973-192 · Worcester Pearmain (EMLA)
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 1st May (10%) · 3rd May (full) · 11th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, perfumed
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed, generally towards eye
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 68-76 mm
- Over colour
- almost entirely flushed bright red, some streaks
- Russet type
- numerous russet dots, russet at base
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 45-71 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- high
- Over colour pattern
- solid flush
Accession 1976-151 · Worcester Pearmain (LA)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 1992-104 · Worcester Pearmain
- Picking time
- early september
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 4th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Source · National Fruit Collection
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