Greensleeves
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1966 by Dr Alston, East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent. A prolific and precocious variety. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with a mild, refreshing flavour.
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 22nd April (10%) · 25th April (full) · 4th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 74.34 mm
- Height
- 64.68 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Juiciness
- dry
- Over colour
- n/a
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- absent
- Over colour pattern
- n/a
Source · National Fruit Collection
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