Worcester Pearmain

Measured Phenotype

Brix

11.5 °Bx

source: GRIN

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

A dessert apple of medium size with bright crimson colouring on a golden-yellow ground. The flesh is crisp, greenish, and very sweet with a distinctive pleasant strawberry flavour. Originating from Swan Pool near Worcester in 1874, it became an esteemed market variety with reliable crops and is improved when allowed to ripen fully.

Flavor & Texture

Best Uses

Lineage

Origin & History

Status

commercial

Origin type

chance seedling

Original breeder

Mr. Hale

First introduced

1874 · Messrs. Smith, of Worcester

References

USDA-NPGS

PI 206035

UK National Fruit Collection

6920

Wikidata

Q3569883

MUNQ ID

550