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Mannington's Pearmain
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Grown from seed found in cider pomace in the garden of Mr Turley, Uckfield, Sussex, England in about 1770. It was introduced by John Mannington in 1847. Fruits have greenish white, firm, fine-textured, moderately juicy flesh with a slightly aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Mannington Pearmain, Mannington's Parmaene, Mannington's Parmane, Pearmain de Mannington, Pomme de Mannington
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
2000 - 065
- Accession name
- Mannington's Pearmain
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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