Redcoat Grieve
syn. Red Coat Grieve, Red-Coat Grieve
Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
A coloured sport of James Grieve claiming to crop more heavily. Discovered in 1916 on a James Grieve tree at Letchworth by Hal Jones. It was introduced by him in 1921. Fruits have rather soft but very juicy flesh with a good refreshing flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1999-097 · Redcoat Grieve spur type (Iliffe)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- washed out/solid flush
Accession 1999-098 · Redcoat Grieve (Iliffe)
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
Source · National Fruit Collection
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