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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.  Pollination partners

Hormead Pearmain apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2024

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:

FormRootstockPriceQuantity
MaidenM9Dwarfing £39.00
MaidenM26Semi-dwarfing £39.00
MaidenMM106Semi-vigorous £39.00
MaidenMM111Vigorous £39.00
MaidenM25Very vigorous £39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2025. 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

UseCulinary
ColourGreen
FlavourSubacid
Fruit sizeMedium
Picking timeEarly Oct
Season of useNov-Mar
Tree vigourModerate
Tree habitUpright-spreading
Fruit-bearingSpur-bearer
CroppingHeavy
Pollination date11
Pollination groupC
Self-fertilitySelf-sterile
PollinatorsPollination partners