Pollination: Clapps Favourite is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.
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We are now closed for the season. Ordering for winter 2024/25 will be enabled from Wednesday 1st May 2024.
History and description of Clapps Favourite
Raised by Thaddeus Clapp, Dorchester, Massacheusetts, USA before 1860. Grown commercially in the USA
and UK in the past.
Medium sized, long pyriform fruit. Smooth, pale yellow skin. Bright scarlet flush and stripes. Very
little russetting. Pale yellow, crisp, juicy flesh. Pleasant and sweet with a hint of acidity but of
only moderate flavour. A fair dessert variety but also good for cooking. Fruit is prone to rot from
the core if left on the tree for too long.
Moderately vigorous tree with a drooping habit. Prolific cropper.