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Apple varieties, United States

White Winter Pearmain (Graaf)

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Thought to have originated in the eastern states, USA. Recorded in 1849. Fruits have firm, crisp, tender, fine flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.

Sources

White Winter Pearmain (Graaf) (accession 1962 - 064), 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).