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Pearl
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 63.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 63.0 mm
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Pearl is a fresh eating apple developed in Essex in 1983 from a cross of Worcester Pearmain and Rival. It features yellow skin with red flushing, creamy white juicy flesh with sweet and aromatic flavor. Best picked in late September to early October and consumed through November.
Flavor & Texture
sweetaromaticjuicycreamy
Best Uses
fresh_eating
1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Parents
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 4546
- Wikidata
- Q41780129