American Grindling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated from U.S.A. Recorded in 1872. Fruits have soft, coarse, acid flesh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1943 - 019
- Accession name
- American Grindling
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering 22nd May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late August 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 69.02 mm 1
- Width
- 90.62 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Brown 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Strong 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- dry 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1


- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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