Lamb Abbey Pearmain-A

Measured Phenotype

Brix

13.2 °Bx

source: GRIN

Fruit height

49.0 mm

source: NFC

Fruit width

56.0 mm

source: NFC

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A small, roundish dessert apple with greenish-yellow to clear yellow skin and orange-red striping on the sun-facing side. The flesh is yellowish-white, firm, crisp, very juicy and sugary with a brisk, rich vinous flavor. A first-rate quality variety that keeps from January to April without shrivelling; the tree is healthy, vigorous, and a good bearer.

Flavor & Texture

Best Uses

Lineage

Origin & History

Status

commercial

Origin type

open pollinated seedling

Original breeder

wife of Neil Malcolm Esq. of Lamb Abbey

References

USDA-NPGS

PI 199418

UK National Fruit Collection

3377

Wikidata

Q41778804

Cited authority (Hogg 1851)

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