Loans English Peaemain
AppleLoans English Pearmain
Origin/History
Described by Coxe in 1817 as a named variety in American pomological practice. No further origin history described in sources.
Tree
Not described in sources.
Fruit
Size: Below middling size (Coxe); small (Elliott). Sources agree.
Form: Coxe describes the form as flatter than the Hertfordshire or Winter Pearmain. Elliott describes it as roundish conical. These accounts conflict — Coxe's "flatter" profile and Elliott's "conical" suggest some variation or disagreement between observers.
Stem: Not described in sources.
Cavity: Not described in sources.
Calyx: Not described in sources.
Basin: Not described in sources.
Skin: Red with russet spots, resembling the Royal Pearmain (Coxe); dull red and russet (Elliott).
Flesh/Flavor: Firm, rich, juicy, and sprightly (Coxe). Elliott notes the flesh as firm and rates the variety as "almost worthy culture" — a qualified commercial endorsement.
Core/Seeds: Not described in sources.
Season
Ripens in September and October. Both sources agree.
Uses
Not described in sources.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in sources.
Other
Elliott's assessment that the variety is "almost worthy culture" suggests it was considered marginal for commercial planting by 1865.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 25. LOANS ENGLISH PEARMAIN.
This apple is below the middling size; the form is flatter than the Hertfordshire, or winter Pearmain; the skin is red, with russet spots resembling the Royal Pearmain; the flesh is firm, rich, juicy, and sprightly: it ripens in September and October.
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Loan's English Pearmain.
Small, roundish conical, dull red and russet ; flesh, firm ; almost worthy culture. September, October.