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Lamb Abbey Pearmain
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
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.
- Synonyms:
- 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
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Newtown Pippin x Unknown
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 49.00mm 2
- Width
- 56.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- low-medium 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1945 - 150
- Accession name
- Lamb Abbey Pearmain
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019