Notes from GRIN
Mannington's Pearmain, etc. at least 5 others. Fruit: size medium; shape...Read More flat to intermediate, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex to straight, not ribbed; skin blushed browish red with thin russet and russet dots; flesh firm, crisp, yellow; flavor sweet, subacid, rich; harvest season mid to very late; generally a fleshy protuberance at the stalk. Tree: moderately vigorous, upright spreading. Produces spurs freely. Old dessert apple of no great merit, primarily a garden variety. Originated circa 1770; introduced 1847.
Held by the USDA at Geneva
Notes from GRIN
Mannington's Pearmain, etc. at least 5 others. Fruit: size medium; shape...Read More