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Mabbott's Pearmain
type: Dessert
synonyms: Canterbury, Mabbot’s Pearmain, Mabbut’s Pearmain
identification: Medium size. Round. The base colour is yellowish green over which is a bright red wash that covers all sun exposed faces.Heavily marked with russet lenticels. The eye is large and open set in a medium depth basin. The stem is short and moderately thick, set in a somewhat hallow and open basin..
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, somewhat coarse? grained and tender. Juicy and sweet, slightly tart, fruity and aromatic. Keeps two months in cold storage.
uses: A dessert apple popular in Victorian England.
origins: Maidstone 1900s NFC Raised in Kent, England. It was first described in 1883. Introduced by Lewis Killick of Langley.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Partial tip bearer. Ready for harvest starting in the middle of the THIRD period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D Day 12
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