Grange's Pearmain
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised before 1829 by James Grange, market gardener at Kingsland, Middlesex. It was introduced by Dickson of Chester. Fruits have crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Coronation Pippin, Grange Pippin, Grange's Pippin, Moresby's Seedling, Pearmain de Grange, Pearmain Granges, Pomme de Grange, Thoresby Seedling
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
large b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Flat globose b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Russet
very low b
Crunch
crisp b
Flesh Colour
Yellowish b
Accession name
Grange's Pearmain
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register