James Grieve Lired
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 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Flat globose 1
Ribbing
very weak 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
soft 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register