Barcelona Pearmain
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Barcelona Pearmain
Origin/History
A foreign variety of uncertain origin. Its good qualities led to widespread cultivation under many names across different regions.
Tree
Hardy and productive.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, roundish oblong.
Skin: Pale yellow, mostly covered with red, with many star-like russet specks.
Flesh: Yellowish white, firm, crisp, rich, aromatic, subacid.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November to March.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
The variety's widespread adoption under numerous synonymous names reflects both its horticultural merit and the regional nomenclatural variation characteristic of 19th-century fruit culture.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Barcelona Pearmain.
Speckled Golden Reinette. Speckled Pearmain. Polinia Pearmain. Reinette Rousse. Reinette Rouge. Reinette des Cannes. Glace Rouge. Cassel Reinette. Kleine Casseler Reinette.
A foreign variety of uncertain origin, which from its good qualities there, has evidently been widely grown under many names. Tree hardy and productive.
Fruit medium, roundish oblong, pale yellow, mostly covered with red, and many star-like russet specks. Flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp, rich, aromatic, subacid. November to March.