Federal Pearmain
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
A below-medium sized pearmain-shaped dessert apple with yellowish skin, russet dots and patches, and red streaks in the sun. The flesh is fine, delicate, and very juicy with a rich, sugary, vinous flavor. It ripens in December and keeps until March, classed as first-rate quality.
Flavor & Texture
vinousfine_grainedjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Origin & History
- Status
- heritage
- Known by
- ≥ 1831
finedelicaterich sugaryvinous
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1992
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Hort