Pearmain
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Pearmain is a generic name given to pear
-shaped apple
cultivar
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Pear
The pear is any of several tree species of genus Pyrus and also the name of the pomaceous fruit of these trees. Several species of pear are valued by humans for their edible fruit, but the fruit of other species is small, hard, and astringent....
-shaped apple
Apple
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...
cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...
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- Adams PearmainAdams PearmainAdams Pearmain is a cultivar of apple. It is a dessert apple, with a similar flavour to the Russet. It was introduced to England in 1826 by Robert Adam, under the name Norfolk Pippin.-See also:* Pearmain*...
- Baxters Pearmain
- Blue Pearmain
- Christmas Pearmain
- Claygate PearmainClaygate PearmainClaygate Pearmain is a cultivar of apple. It was found at Claygate, Surrey in England in about 1822.The apple was found by John Braddick, growing in a hedge at Claygate. Braddick also discovered the 'Braddick Nonpareil' at about the same time and place...
- Foulden Pearmain
- Grange's Pearmain
- Hormead Pearmain
- Hubbard's Pearmain
- King Charles Pearmain
- Lamb Abbey Pearmain
- Laxton's Pearmain
- London Pearmain
- Mannington's Pearmain
- Old Pearmain Late
- Winter Pearmain Late
- Worcester Pearmain