Claygate Pearmain

Claygate Pearmain is a traditional English dessert apple discovered as a wild seedling in Surrey.

It produces richly flavoured fruit with a distinctive aromatic, nutty character and excellent eating quality.

Features

• Firm, slightly coarse-textured juicy flesh
• Crisp, somewhat crumbly dessert apple
• Rich aromatic flavour with nutty and occasional pineapple notes
• Moderately vigorous, upright-spreading growth habit
• Spur-bearing and heavy cropping
• Well suited to espalier training with smaller rootstocks

Origins / Notes

Discovered in 1821 in Claygate, Surrey, as a chance seedling growing in a hedge. It quickly gained recognition as a high-quality English dessert apple and remains valued for its complex flavour profile.

Disease Resistance

Good resistance to apple scab.

Pollination Season

Mid-season

Harvesting Season

Late season, typically October.

Storage

Keeps for up to 2 months in cold storage. Best eating window is shortly after harvest into early winter, when flavour is at its richest and texture remains firm.

Choosing your Rootstock

Please refer to our Rootstock Guide in the first instance.