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| Apple Adams's Pearmain | Cherry Turkey Heart | Cherry Annabella | Apple Baldwin | Apple Rall's Janet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Classic Victorian 'pearmain' shape apple with a nutty sweet flavour. | Heart-shaped. Very firm, moderately juicy, fair quality. Stone medium. Recommended for canning. | Roundish. Firm fleshed. | A very popular old American apple variety, widely grown for culinary use, and a good keeper. | Pleasant flavor, flesh like McIntosh. Juicy. |
Identification | Adams's Pearmain | Turkey Heart | Annabella | Baldwin | Rall's Janet |
| Fruit colour | Black | Dark Red | Red / Green | ||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
| Fruit size | Variable | ||||
| Fruit shape | Flat-round | ||||
Using | Adams's Pearmain | Turkey Heart | Annabella | Baldwin | Rall's Janet |
| Flavor | Very good | Very good | |||
| Flavour style | Aromatic | Sweet/Sharp | |||
| Ripening period | Mid season | Late season | Mid season | Mid-Late season | |
| Use/Keeping | 1-2 months | 3 months or more | |||
| Cooking result | Keeps shape | ||||
Growing | Adams's Pearmain | Turkey Heart | Annabella | Baldwin | Rall's Janet |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | ||||
| Vigour | Slightly small | Slightly large | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 5 Flowers Late season Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | |
| Gardening skill | Average | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Some susceptibility Fruit splitting - Very susceptible | Scab - Some susceptibility Mildew - Some susceptibility Fireblight - Some susceptibility Cedar apple rust - Very resistant Bitter pit - Some susceptibility | |||
Other | Adams's Pearmain | Turkey Heart | Annabella | Baldwin | Rall's Janet |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United States | |
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