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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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