Claygate Pearmain
Claygate Pearmain is a popular English apple of the Victorian era, with the classic 'pearmain' shape. It has a soft juicy flesh with some aromatic qualities.
Claygate Pearmain apple trees for sale
1-year bare-root
tree
on M116 rootstock£34.95
Mature height: 2m-3.5m after 10 years
Can be grown on as a large free-standing apple tree, a small half-standard apple tree, or a large apple fan or espalier.
Available next season
Growing and Training
Claygate Pearmain is well-suited to the climate of the northern states. In fact this is a variety that often does better in the USA than in its native England, where summers are often too short for its liking.
Claygate Pearmain is a reliable variety, not greatly troubled by disease. The tree is of average vigour and crops well.
History
Discovered in the early 19th century by English apple enthusiast John Braddick, growing near the village of Claygate in Surrey, England. Its ancestry is unknown.
Claygate Pearmain characteristics
- Gardening skillAverage
- Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
- Self-fertile?Not self-fertile
- Pollinating othersPoor
- Pick seasonVery late
- Picking periodmid-October
- Keeping1-2 months
- Food usesEating freshJuice
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1800 - 1849
- Fruit colourOrange flush
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More about apple trees
Apples are very versatile, and all varieties can be eaten or used in the kitchen. However varieties specifically grown as eating apples tend to have the best flavours for eating raw.
The main thing to decide when choosing an eating apple is when you intend to eat the apples. Early season apples are typically ready in August, and generally don't keep very long. Mid-season apples are ripe in early September, while late-season apples start to become ripe in late September and October. Many of the late-season varieties can also be stored in a fridge or cold shed for several months into the winter.
Some apple varieties are self-fertile, but most are not. However in most areas of the UK you do not need to worry whether your apple trees are self-fertile or not, as there will be other apple trees in nearby gardens to help with pollination.
