Claygate Pearmain is an

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. It was found at

Claygate Claygate is an affluent suburban village in Surrey, England, southwest of central London. It is the only civil parishes in England, civil parish in the borough of Elmbridge. Adjoining Esher and Hinchley Wood to the west and north respectively, ...

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and brought to the attention of the

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by John Braddick in 1821. The apple was a popular eating apple in Victorian times and spread through England and to

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. The apple was found by John Braddick, growing in a hedge at Claygate. Braddick also discovered the 'Braddick Nonpareil' at around the same time and place. This medium-sized apple is brown-russeted with a crimson patch on the sun-facing side. There is pink-silver tinge to the russet scale. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, rich, and sugary, partaking of the flavour of the Ribston Pippin. It comes into use in November, and will continue till March. Being both disease and scab resistant. Claygate Pearmain is self-sterile and requires a pollinator to produce a crop but is a heavy bearer that should be harvested late in the season. Botanical name - ''Malus domestica "Claygate Pearmain"''

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* Claygate Parish Council ''Claygate Heritage Trail'' (leaflet)

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Description from Albemarle Cider Works, Virginia USA
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