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Apple
Worcester Pearmain 

 

 

 

 
SummaryA popular early-season English apple, sometimes with a strawberry flavour. Often used in breeding programmes to develop other early varieties.




Identification

Worcester Pearmain




Fruit colour




Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Worcester Pearmain




FlavorGood




Flavour styleSweeter




Ripening period




Use/Keeping1 week




Cooking result




Growing

Worcester Pearmain




Picking




CroppingHeavy




VigourSlightly small




PollinationFlowering group 3
Partially self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Gardening skillVery easy




ProblemsCanker - Some susceptibility

Other

Worcester Pearmain




Country of originUnited Kingdom




Other qualitiesAwards 1993