Kilkenny Pearmain
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in Ireland. It was recorded in 1831. Fruits have fine, tender, dry flesh with a sweet flavour.
Sources
- Kilkenny Pearmain (accession 1945 - 189), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late september).
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
