Maggie Grieve
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1928. Fruits have soft but somewhat crisp, pinkish flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Firmness
soft 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Pinkish 2
Accession name
Maggie Grieve
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register