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Grantonian
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
First recorded in 1883. It was introduced by Pearson of Nottingham. Received a second class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1883. Fruits have coarse, mealy, soft flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 75.00mm 2
- Width
- 85.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium-strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
2000 - 041
- Accession name
- Grantonian
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019