Pearl
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1933 by W. Seabrook & Sons Ltd., at Boreham, Essex. Introduced in 1938. Fruits have firm, rather coarse-textured, fairly juicy flesh with a sweet, slightly acid and pleasant aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Parentage:
Worcester Pearmain x Rival
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Truncate conical b
Height
63.00 mm b
Width
63.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Firmness
firm b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Pearl
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register