Choose another varietyPollination of Christmas Pearmain apple trees
Your
Christmas Pearmain apple tree is in
flowering group 2.
It is
self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting will usually be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.
The following varieties will pollinate this apple tree.
(Most
white-blossom crab-apples will also be good pollinators for this variety).
Pollination partner apple varieties in our catalogue
Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- Semi-vigorous
A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
A hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
One of the earliest English apples, ripening in early August.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very early
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
- M25
Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
An excellent late-season English apple with a very good sweet/sharp flavour and crisp hard flesh.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- Semi-vigorous
Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M26
- MM106
Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a chance seedling tree.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
- M116
Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- Semi-vigorous
A new dual-purpose apple which has a naturally non-browning flesh, ideal for salads and fresh apple juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M26
Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
Evereste is one of the most well-known crab-apples, featuring white blossom and red-yellow fruits.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- Semi-vigorous
A ballerina-style apple tree which grows as columnar minarette.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
Malus Gorgeous has pink/white blossom and spherical cherry-like red fruits which are good for jelly.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- Semi-vigorous
Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Very late
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M9
- M26
- MM106
James Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-vigorous
Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- M9
- M26
- MM106
Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M9
- M26
- MM106
Malus Laura is a very upright dwarf crab-apple, with bronze leaves, crimson blossom and maroon fruitlets.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
- Semi-vigorous
A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for gardens.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M26
- MM106
A new English apple variety, recently discovered on the Isle of Wight - but its appearance and flavour hark back to the Victorian era.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M9
- M26
- MM106
Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- MM106
A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-vigorous
Meridian is a little known modern English apple, heavy crops, easy to grow, and excellent flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
- M116
Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M26
- MM106
- M116
Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
- M116
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- Semi-vigorous
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
- M116
A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits. Useful for cooking and produces a claret red colour juice
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-vigorous
Malus Rosehip is notable for its large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-vigorous
A classic English russet apple, but not as well known as its Victorian contemporaries.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
- M25
Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
Considered by many to be the best-tasting apple ever, Rubinette has a perfect sweet / sharp flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
- M25
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
- M25
Scumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
- M116
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M26
- MM106
Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
- M25
A little-known high quality English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
- M25
Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M9
- M26
- MM106
Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- M27
- M26
- MM106
- M25
One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- MM106
- M25
More advice about pollination
Please note that our whilst our system takes many relevant factors into account, it is certainly not completely accurate
Crab apples
It is worth remembering that most white-blossom crab apple trees make excellent pollinators for almost any apple variety. This is because they produce very large quantities of pollen over a long period and are (with some exceptions) only distantly related to mainstream apple varieties so their pollen is highly compatible.
