Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Mannington's Pearmain
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Grown from seed found in cider pomace in the garden of Mr Turley, Uckfield, Sussex, England in about 1770. It was introduced by John Mannington in 1847. Fruits have greenish white, firm, fine-textured, moderately juicy flesh with a slightly aromatic flavour.
Sources
- Mannington's Pearmain (accession 2000 - 065), 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 (mid october); the other names.
