Claygate Pearmain apple tree

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• Picking season: Very late
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 4
• Awards: RHS AGM (former) 1993

Claygate Pearmain is a popular English dessert apple of the Victorian era.

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• 1Small 1-year bare-root tree $35.95
  Mature height: 6ft-9ft after 10 years
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  Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
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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.

How to grow

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.

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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
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group4
• Pollinating othersPoor
• PloidyTriploid
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
• WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators
• Picking seasonVery late
• UsesEating freshJuice
• CroppingHeavy
• Keeping (of fruit)1-2 months
• Flavor style (apples)Aromatic
• General resistanceGood
• ScabVery resistant
• Cold hardiness (USDA)(4) -30F / -34C
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1800 - 1849
• Fruit colorOrange flush
• AwardsRHS AGM (former) - 1993