Apple Kilkenny Pearmain Irish heritage variety of dual-purpose apple, grown in Ireland since the 19th century. Large, attractive apple, greenish-yellow, flushed orange-red with red stippling. As an eating apple, sharp, crisp, with a mild flavour, sweetening and becoming less juicy as it ripens after picking; also a good baking apple. Apple ‘Kilkenny Pearmain is an upright, spreading tree; reliable, heavy cropper. Spur-bearer. Pick from mid-September; will ripen fully in October and keep until December. Apples need thinning for larger fruit. Fruit holds well on the tree. This Irish Heritage Apple variety was originally saved and propagated by Irish Seed Savers in Scarriff, County Clare. Site: Average exposureSoil: Any reasonably well drainedPosition: Crops best in full sunPick: from mid-SeptemberKeep: October–DecemberHardiness: HardyPollination: Group 2 (pollinates with Groups 1, 2 and 3)Uses: Eating and cooking apple Learn more about fruit tree rootstocks During the bareroot season, our apples are pre pruned before being dispatched by mail order.