Worcester Pearmain apple trees
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- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current) 1993
Worcester Pearmain is a classic English early-season apple, and remains popular as a garden variety. The apples are fairly small, and a pretty bright red where the sun catches them, whilst the blossom in spring is also a feature.
The flavour is good and sweet for an early variety, and in a good year you may notice the slight strawberry flavour for which this variety is renowned.
Like most early-season varieties, Worcester Pearmain does not keep. It is at its best when eaten straight from the tree, but you can store the apples in a fridge for up to a week.
Although always considered as a dessert apple variety, Worcester Pearmain is a good variety for stewed apple.
Worcester Pearmain apple trees for sale
Pot-grown
All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
PG12-year bush-trained 11.5L pot-grown tree M27 rootstock£61.50
Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
Very small tree
(< 1.7m after 10 years)
PG22-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree M26 rootstock£57.50
Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
PG32-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree MM106 rootstock£57.50
Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
PG4Premium half-standard 12L pot-grown tree MM106 rootstock£62.50
Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Bare-root
BR12-year bush-trained bare-root treeM9 rootstock£43.00
Small tree
(1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
BR21-year bare-root treeM26 rootstock£34.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR32-year bush-trained bare-root treeM26 rootstock£43.00
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR41-year bare-root treeM116 rootstock£34.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR51-year bare-root treeMM106 rootstock£34.95
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR62-year bush-trained bare-root treeMM106 rootstock£43.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR72-year bare-root treeMM106 rootstock£45.25
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR82-year half-standard bare-root treeMM106 rootstock£46.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR91-year bare-root treeM25 rootstock£35.75
Very large tree
(4m-7m after 10 years)
BR102-year (1.75m) bare-root treeM25 rootstock£46.95
Very large tree
(4m-7m after 10 years)
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Tree specification
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Pre-ordering
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Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Growing and Training
Worcester Pearmain makes a good and reliable apple tree for the garden. Inspite of its susceptibility to the apple diseases scab and canker, it is generally a problem-free tree, and it is resistant to mildew. Pruning needs to be done carefully as Worcester Pearmain is a tip-bearer and the apples are borne on the end of the shoots.
History
According to the Victorian writer Hogg, Worcester Pearmain is a seedling of Devonshire Quarrenden, and was found in the1870s.
Worcester Pearmain characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersAverage
- Fruit bearingPartial tip-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
- Picking seasonEarly
- CroppingHeavy
- Keeping (of fruit)1 week
- Food usesEating fresh
- Disease resistanceAverage
- CankerSome susceptibility
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1850 - 1899
- Blossom colourWhite
- Fruit colourRed
- AwardsRHS AGM (current)
British-grown trees 
Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK.
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In addition, all our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance.
Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. The scheme aims to improve UK biosecurity by setting standards
for all growers and retailers involved in selling plants in the UK.
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Guaranteed fruit trees
When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions.
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More about apple trees
Early-season eating apples typically ripen in the period from late July to late August. They only keep for a few days, and should be eaten quickly to enjoy their fresh summery flavours. Many of them are also very good for juicing - freshly-pressed summer apple juice is a real treat.
Beauty of Bath is usually the earliest-ripening of the English summer apples. Discovery and Worcester Pearmain are next to ripen and are perhaps the best-known early varieties. Both are easy to grow and productive. Katy, from Sweden, ripens a bit later, and is one of the most foolproof of all apple varieties. Scrumptious is a modern English variety and has the advantage of being reliably self-fertile.
