Pink Pearl apple trees

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• Picking season: Early
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Flowering group: 1

Pink Pearl was one of the first pink-fleshed apples to become available, and is perhaps the best-known.

Although the apples can be eaten fresh, this is really a variety for the kitchen - the pink-flesh makes a distinctive appearance for apple sauce or cider.

 

Pink Pearl organic apple trees for sale

Next deliveries: December 2024 - February 2025

• 11 yeartree on M116 rootstock23.95€
  Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 21 yeartree on MM111 rootstock23.25€
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 3Half-standard (2 years)tree on M116 rootstock33.00€
  Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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Click here to view estimated delivery charges. Our 2-year trees and some pot-grown trees are too big or unsuitable for mail-order and are only available for collection direct from the nursery. Please contact us if you wish to order.

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If you do not hear from us by March you can contact us to pre-order for next autumn.

Growing and Training

Like many other red-fleshed varieties Pink Pearl flowers very early in the blossom season.

History

Pink Pearl was developed by Californian enthusiast Albert Etter in the 1940s.

Pink Pearl characteristics

• Gardening skillExperienced
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group1
• Disease resistancePoor
• Picking seasonEarly
• Season of use2-3 weeks
• Food usesCulinaryJuiceHard cider
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 4 (-34C)
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited States
• Period of origin1900 - 1949
• Flesh colourPink / Red
• Fruit colourOrange / Red

Similar varieties

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  Early Red Meat
  Early Red Meat is an early season apple with a marbled red / pink flesh. It produces a dark pink apple juice.
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  Red Devil
  Red Devil is a versatile English eating apple, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
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  Roberts Crab
  Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits.

More about apple trees

While the vast majority of apples have white or cream-coloured flesh, some varieties have red flesh. Those with the most intense red flesh are usually descended from a red-fleshed crab-apple called Malus niedzetzkyana found in central Asia. The red colouration in this species also extends to the blossom, leaves and young shoots. 

Other varieties feature pink flesh or pink / marbled flesh, and these are often more palatable. 

The juice of red-fleshed apples is usually light or dark pink, and makes an attractive alternative to regular apple juice.

These varieties are of interest because of their ornamental qualities, and also because the anthocyanin compounds which give the flesh its colour are thought to have anti-oxidant properties.