Worcester Pearmain

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Worcester Pearmain
Cross section of Worcester Pearmain (EMLA), National Fruit Collection (acc. 1973-192) .jpg
Art Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica )
origin Swan Pole, England
breeder Mr. Hale
Launch 1874
ancestry

Cross of
Devonshire Quarrenden x?

List of apple varieties

Worcester Pearmain , also Worcester Parmäne , is a variety of apple. The table apple is red on about three-quarters of its surface. The white flesh is firm. The taste is sweet but not very pronounced overall, but improves significantly with later harvest and then has a clearly recognizable, very sweet strawberry aroma. The apple was bred from a Devonshire Quarrenden in the 19th century by a Mr. Hale of Swan Pool near Worcester , England .

The early-bearing tree certainly brings abundant yields, the harvest time in Europe is early to mid-September. The apple is not very susceptible to fruit tree cancer and generally quite resistant to disease for an apple of its generation. It is resistant to powdery mildew , but tends to develop apple scab .

The Worcester Pearmain was introduced to the market by the Smith Nursery in Worcester in 1874 and received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1875 . It was grown commercially in England and New Zealand, and is still grown commercially on a small scale in England today. At times its importance in England was so great that at the National Food Trials from the 1920s to the 1940s one of the six apple groups was referred to as the Worcester Pearmain group. It contained the relatively smooth varieties with an intense red tint.

Worcester Pearmain is one of the few apple varieties that can self-fertilize. Worcester Pearmain is also important as the ancestor of various other varieties. The breeders tried in particular to pass on the strawberry aroma and the early abundant harvest. Worcester Pearmain's descendants include Winston ( Cox Orange x Worcester Pearmain), Katja , Lord Lambourne (both Worcester Pearman x James Grieve ), Tydemans Early Worcester ( McIntosh x Worcester Pearmain), Redsleeves , Merton Worcester , Discovery (Worcester Pearmain x Schöner from Bath ), William Crump , Akane ( Jonathan x Worcester Pearmain) and Laxtons Early Crimson .

Web links

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Individual evidence

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