These are BARE ROOTED plants which can be planted from the end of October until April and will be dispatched as soon as the weather turns cold and they become dormant.The dispatch date depends on the Autumn temperature and varies from year to year. Worcester Pearmain has been a relatively popular apple from the start, and is still grown commercially on a small scale in England. Has a strawberry tinge to the fruit. Growing Details: Common Name: Apple Genus: Malus Species: domestica Cultivar: Worcester Pearmain Skill Level: Beginner Exposure: Full sun Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline Rootstock: M26, 3-4M Description: A popular Dessert apple with a distinctive strawberry flavour when ripe.It tolerates most soil types and prefers to be in full sunlight.It is cropped between early September and late October. The tree is partially self fertile and will fruit with a heavier crop with a pollinator. Pollination: It is partially self-fertile For better fruiting plant a compatible partner: Beauty of Bath, Braeburn, Cornish Aromatic, Egremont Russet, Ellison's Orange, ELstar, Fiesta, Gala. Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Greensleeves, Grenadier, Howgate Wonder, Idared, James Grieve, Laxton's Superb, Malus Evereste, Malus John Downie, Red Devil, Spartan