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Pink Pearl apple trees

Malus domestica
Pink Pearl
Pink Pearl is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • 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.

 

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Pink Pearl organic apple trees for sale

  • 11 yeartree on M116 rootstock23.95€
    Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  • 21 yeartree on MM111 rootstock23.25€
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  • 3Half-standard (2 years)tree on M116 rootstock33.00€
    Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
    Collection only - contact us
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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

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

This variety description was researched and written by Orange Pippin staff. Last checked: 2024.