Grenadier
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
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 fle
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Mother to:
Sowman's Seedling
Size
medium-large b
Type
Culinary b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Height
57.00 mm b
Width
66.00 mm b
Ribbing
medium-strong b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
very low b
Over Colour
Brown b
Russet
very low b
Greasiness
Strong b
Firmness
medium-firm b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
White b
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Accession name
Grenadier (LA 68A)
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid August a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register