Apple 'Claygate Pearmain' Malus domestica 'Claygate Pearmain' (D)

ABOUT
'Claygate Pearmain' is a dessert cultivar in pollination group 4. Suitable for northerly, colder, higher rainfall areas. Produces good, regular crops of apples; dull green becoming yellow flushed red on sunny side with variable russet and sometimes poorly coloured. Rich and nutty flavour with a season of use from December to February
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Claygate Pearmain'
Common names
Malus domestica 'Clapea'
Characteristics
Foliage type
Deciduous
Height
4-8 metres
Spread
4-8 metres
Hardiness zones
H6
Light
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Pruning
Regular pruning is required - see apple pruning
Soil
Loam, Sand, SoilClay
Suitable locations
Hardiness zone
Wall-side Borders Cottage & Informal Garden
Propogation
Propagate by chip budding or grafting onto a clonal rootstock for fruit. The rootstock used will largely determine the size of the tree
Pests
Aphids, woolly aphid, rosy apple aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, mussel scale, codling moth and caterpillars are the main pests on edible apples
Diseases
Apple scab, apple canker, powdery mildews and honey fungus may be a problem