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Northern Greening
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in England. First recorded in 1826. Fruits have moderately firm, a little coarse-textured, juicy flesh with an acid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Cowarn Queening, Cowarne Queening, Cowarne Quoining, Cowarne Seedling, Cowarne's Queening, Gruener Englischer Pepping, Gruner Englischer Pepping, John, John Apple, Kirk Langley Pippin, Langley Pippin, Old Northern Greening, Verte du Nord, Walmar Court, Walmer Court, Woodcock
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
- Mother to:
- Dumelow's Seedling
- Chad's Favourite
- Merton Prolific
- Lamb's Seedling
- Father to:
- Encore
- Shape
- Ellipsoid 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 65.00mm 2
- Width
- 65.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Green 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1956 - 031
- Accession name
- Northern Greening
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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