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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. 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 |
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