Adam's Pearmain was a popular English apple variety of the Victorian era. Rated by the Victorian write Hogg as "A dessert apple of first-rate quality", it has a rich nutty flavour.
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Adam's Pearmain is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.
Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.
More advice about pollination.
Adam's Pearmain is generally easy to grow, and it starts to bear fruit at an early age in the life of the tree. Cropping is good. The main problem to watch out for is a tendency to biennial bearing as the tree gets older - it may develop a pattern of alternate good and bad years. You can either just live with this, or attempt to even it out by over-thinning the fruitlets in the good year.
Planting instructions.
Pruning instructions.
Originates either from Norfolk or Herefordshire in the UK. Taken to the Horticultural Society of London in 1826 by a Mr Adams, under the name Norfolk Pippin. However Hogg (writing in 1884) notes the similarity with the Hanging Pearmain of Herefordshire. Unknown parentage.
