Claygate Pearmain

A very good late russet apple with a strong sweet sharp flavour.

Origin: Surrey UK, 1822

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

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History and description of Claygate Pearmain

Claygate Pearmain was discovered by John Braddick growing in a hedge near his home in the village of Claygate, Thames Ditton, Surrey, UK. Braddick sent specimens to the London Horticultural Society in 1822. Received RHS Award of Merit in 1901 and a First Class Certificate in 1921. Popular as a garden variety in Victorian and Edwardian England.

Medium to large, oblong-conical fruit. Orange-red flush over greenish yellow skin covered in a rough scaley russet. Firm, slightly crumbling flesh with a strong nutty, rich, aromatic flavour. Keeps well.

Characteristics of Claygate Pearmain apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Nutty
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Feb
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Scab - Resistant
Pollination date	12
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners