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Claygate Pearmain apple trees

Pick: Very late-season    Flowering group: 4       Uses: Eat fresh | Juicing    Disease-resistance: Good
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  • Claygate Pearmain apple tree
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Claygate Pearmain is a popular English apple of the Victorian era, with the classic 'pearmain' shape. It has a soft juicy flesh with some aromatic qualities.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Claygate Pearmain apple trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Full size (5m+)1-year - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £31.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Claygate Pearmain

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colour: Orange flush
  • Blossom colour: Pink - light
  • Leaf colour: Green

Climate

  • Temperate climates
  • Cold hardiness: -30F / -34C(explain)


Pollination guide for Claygate Pearmain

Claygate Pearmain is in flowering group 4. Claygate Pearmain is a triploid variety and cannot pollinate other varieties. It needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. You can either plant a self-fertile variety (which will pollinate itself and the Claygate Pearmain) or you can plant two pollination partners which must each be of different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Claygate Pearmain. If you need further advice on this just get in touch.



How to grow Claygate Pearmain apple trees

Claygate Pearmain is a reliable variety, not greatly troubled by disease. The tree is of average vigour and crops well. It grows best in southern areas as it needs a fairly long ripening period.



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Historical details

Discovered in the early 19th century by English apple enthusiast John Braddick, growing near the village of Claygate in Surrey, England. Its ancestry is unknown.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Claygate Pearmain




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