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Lamb Abbey Pearmain Apple Scionwood (Spring 2024)


One of the most delightful apples in the world.

The tree is upright-spreading and vigorous.

A small apple blushed reddish-orange over light green, this one has a taste you won't forget. The crisp, coarse flesh has an intense, sugary flavor with subtle notes of pineapple. Amazing for fresh eating, great for baking, Lamb Abbey has also found favor with cider makers.

This is one of the most well-travelled varieties in our catalog. Lamb Abbey Pearmain first grew in the garden of Mary Anne Malcomb, in Lamb Abbey, Kent. It was a chance seedling sprouted from an American apple, Newtown Pippin, and is probably our first example of an English variety developed from an American one. It was first grown in 1804, and at 100 years of age, in 1904, it received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Robert Hogg called it "one of the most delightful apples in the world."

Volume Pricing

Premiums are included in the following prices if applicable. These prices are for regular scion. Add $1 for clean scion.

Quantity Lamb Abbey Pearmain Apple Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $7.00
6-10 $6.00
11-99 $5.00
100+ $4.00

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$13.00 ea.

This is the full retail price for orders of 1 scion. You can get these scion for as low as $4.00 each – see Volume Pricing above. More about Pricing & Grading.

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Clean vs. Regular

Our clean scion is harvested from trees grown on G.16, which is extremely sensitive to viruses. These trees would not have survived if the scion contained viruses. Our clean wood has not been lab tested. Regular = may contain one of the common latent viruses; this is not usually a problem and can be used with most rootstocks.

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The tree is upright-spreading and vigorous.

A small apple blushed reddish-orange over light green, this one has a taste you won't forget. The crisp, coarse flesh has an intense, sugary flavor with subtle notes of pineapple. Amazing for fresh eating, great for baking, Lamb Abbey has also found favor with cider makers.

This is one of the most well-travelled varieties in our catalog. Lamb Abbey Pearmain first grew in the garden of Mary Anne Malcomb, in Lamb Abbey, Kent. It was a chance seedling sprouted from an American apple, Newtown Pippin, and is probably our first example of an English variety developed from an American one. It was first grown in 1804, and at 100 years of age, in 1904, it received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Robert Hogg called it "one of the most delightful apples in the world."


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Apple
Subcategory: Heirloom, Cider

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating, cider, baking, sauce
Cider classification: bittersharp
Storage duration: one to three months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: red
Flesh color: off-white

Fruit Origins

Parentage: Newtown Pippin seedling
Origin: Lamb Abbey, England
Introduced in: 1804
Introduced by: Mary Anne Malcomb

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 9
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Sep 22 (approximate, in New York State) + 7 days after McIntosh

Diseases & Pests

Lamb Abbey Pearmain Apple does not have any diseases or pests associated with it at this time.

Pollination

Pollination Factors

Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Lamb Abbey Pearmain Apple. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.

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