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Blue Pearmain
A late season dessert apple from America with a distinctive blue bloom.
Origin: USA, 1800
Pollination: Blue Pearmain is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >
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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.
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History and description of Blue Pearmain
Blue Pearmain is an old variety first recorded in the early 19th Century probably originating from the USA. Received the RHS Award of Merit 1893 and First Class Certificate 1896. Widely planted in New England and New York State in the 19th Century.Large, round-conical fruit. Dark red flush over a green skin. Distinctive blue bloom gives the variety its name. Soft, cream coloured flesh. Delicate aromatic flavour. Stores well.
Characteristics of Blue Pearmain apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Red |
| Flavour | Aromatic |
| Fruit size | Large |
| Picking time | Early Oct |
| Season of use | Dec-Feb |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Pollination date | 11 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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