Grantonian
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
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.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 85.00 mm
- Height
- 75.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium-strong
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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