Hormead Pearmain

A sharp tasting late cooking apple.

Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1826

Pollination: Hormead Pearmain is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Hormead Pearmain apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Hormead Pearmain

Thought to have been raised at Hormead, Hertfordshire. Recorded by the London Horticultural Society in 1826. Received the RHS Award of Merit in 1900. Popularised in the early 1900’s by Bunyard’s Nursery.

A medium sized apple. Round to round-conical shape, sometimes a little lop-sided. Flattened at base and apex. Pale green background skin colour becoming pale gold. Some fruit slightly flushed purplish brown. Quite greasy skin. White flesh, tinged yellow under the skin. A little coarse-textured, juicy, and very acid. When cooked keeps some shape.

Characteristics of Hormead Pearmain apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Green
Flavour	Subacid
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early Oct
Season of use	Nov-Mar
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	11
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners