James Grieve Lired
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
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.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of James Grieve
Accession name
James Grieve Lired
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
Size
medium a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Flat globose a
Ribbing
very weak a
Crown
very weak a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush a
Russet
low a
Firmness
soft a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register