James Grieve Lired
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A sport of James Grieve having a brighter, more solid flush. It originated with A van Liere en Zonen, Kapelle-Biezalinge. Fruits have rather soft but juicy flesh with a good refreshing flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Crown
- very weak
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- washed out/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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