Winter Pearmain
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be a very old English variety. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellowish flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Duck's Bill, Ducksbill of Sussex, Englische Konig's Pearmain, English Winter Pearmain, Grange's Pearmain, Grauwe of Blanke Pepping van der Laan, Great Pearmain, Great Pearmaine, Hertfordshire Pearmain, Old Pearmain, Old Winter Pearmain, Paremens, Parmain d'Hiver, Peare-Maine, Pearemaine, Pearmain, Pearmain Anglaise d'Hiver, Pepin Parmain d'Angleterre, Pepin Parmain d'Hiver, Pepin Pearmain d'Angleterre, Pepin Pearmain d'Hiver, Peppin Parmain d'Hiver, Peppin-Parmain d'Hiver, Peremenes, Permein Drui d'Angleterre, Permenes, Reinette tres Tardive, Somerset Apple Royal, Striped Winter, Sussex Duck's Bill, Sussex Winter Pearmain, Winter Pearmain (of Sussex), Winter Pearmean, Winter Queening, Winter Quoining, Winterparmane
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Mother to:
Sandringham
Size
large 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Narrow conical 2
Height
70.00 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
strong 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Accession name
Winter Pearmain
Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
6th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register