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Grenadier

Apple

First recorded in 1862 and introduced to commerce in about 1875. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1883. The most widely grown early commercial cooking apple in the UK. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with an acid flavour. Cooks well to a froth.

Accession Number:
1979 - 020  
Accession Name:
Grenadier
Use:
Culinary
Flowering:
10% open: 5th May
Fully open: 11th May
90% over: 18th May
Picking time:
Mid August


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