Fall Pearmain

Apple

Fall Pearmain

Origin/History

Originated in Connecticut, where it was considerably grown. Elliott (1865) notes that it proved successful as far as the West and Southwest wherever it had been encountered.

Tree

Thrifty and healthy. A moderate bearer. (Downing describes the tree as "thrifty"; Elliott concurs on moderate bearing and adds "healthy.")

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium in size, roundish conic to roundish conical in outline. Downing notes the fruit is also slightly angular. Described by Downing as "fair and handsome."

Stem/Stalk: Medium length.

Cavity: Deep, slightly russeted.

Calyx: Partially (partly) closed.

Basin: Deep, slightly corrugated (Downing) or slightly furrowed (Elliott).

Skin: Yellow ground, striped, splashed, and shaded with crimson (Downing), or mostly overspread with red in stripes and patches (Elliott), and sprinkled with gray and green dots (Downing) or many grayish green dots (Elliott).

Flesh and Flavor: White, tender, juicy, subacid, with a rich flavor. Elliott specifies the flavor as "rich aromatic." Downing rates quality as good to very good.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

September and October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

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Fall Pearmain.

Tree thrifty, moderate bearer. From Connecticut.

Fruit fair and handsome, medium, roundish conic, slightly angular. Skin yellow, striped, splashed, and shaded with crimson, and sprinkled with gray and green dots. Stalk medium, in a deep, slightly russeted cavity. Calyx partially closed. Basin rather deep, slightly corrugated. Flesh white, tender, juicy, subacid, rather rich flavor. Good to very good. September, October.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Fall Pearmain.

A variety considerably grown in Connecticut. Trees, moderate bearers ; healthy. Fruit, medium size, roundish conical; color, yellow ground, mostly overspread with red in stripes, patches, &c., and many grayish green dots: stem, medium: cavity deep, slightly russeted: calyx, partly closed; basin, deep, slightly furrowed ; flesh, white, tender, juicy, sub-acid, rich aromatic flavor. September and October. So far as we have met with this, at the West and Southwest, it proves successful.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Fall Pearmain. Medium, roundish-conic, striped; rich sub-acid. Autumn. Ct.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)