Greensleeves apple
A good garden apple, with a pleasant but unexceptional flavour.
This apple can be picked in mid-September but will happily stay on the tree into October so you can eat it fresh from the tree for at least a month. This, along with its good cropping, make it a really excellent variety to grow in the garden.
In theory Greensleeves marries the sweet flavour of its Golden Delicious parent balanced by the acidity of its other parent, James Grieve. It can be hard and sharp early in the season but mellows later, but it never quite achieves what the parentage suggests it should.
As the photo shows, Greensleeves is actually a lovely golden yellow colour if you leave it on the tree into October.
Summary
- Species: Malus domestica
- Parentage: Golden Delicious and James Grieve
- Origin: Kent, England, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1966
- Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 102600
- Some historical details taken with kind permission from 'The New Book of Apples' by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards , illustrated by Elisabeth Dowle, published by Ebury Press, 2002.
Identification
- Bultitude apple group: 5. Yellow, smooth, sweet or acidic
Using
- Good for eating fresh
- Good for juice
- Flavour quality: Average
- Flavour style: Sweet/Sharp
- Ripening period: Mid season
- Use / keeping: 1 week
Growing
- Cropping: Heavy
- Flowering group: 3
- Fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Triploid: No
- Good pollinator: Yes
- Vigour: Weak growing
- Gardening skill: Very easy
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Attractive blossom
- Attractive fruit
- General disease resistance: Good
Climate
- Suitable for temperate climates
- Suitable for N. England?: Yes
Other qualities
- RHS Award of Garden Merit 1993
Relationships to other varieties
Parents and other ancestors of this variety:
- Golden Delicious (parent)
- James Grieve (parent)
Offspring of this variety:
Greensleeves identification photos from official fruit collections
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Greensleeves identification photos from website visitors
Fruit tree register
Do you have a tree of this variety in your garden or orchard? If so please register the details here and contribute to our international register of fruit trees.
The following Greensleeves trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.
You can also view these trees on a map.
United States
- Dan Spratlen in CAMANO ISLAND, WASHINGTON
- Glenn Grossman in VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
United Kingdom
- Andrew Guille in St Saviour, GUERNSEY
- Anja Britton in NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
- Bluemarlin in BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE
- Dougas Wilson in Perth,
- Elizabeth Hodge in EVESHAM, Worcestershire
- Graham Hinchliffe in EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX
- Hans Butler in LOUGHBOROUGH, LEIESTERSHIRE
- Janet Brown in CARNOUSTIE, Angus
- John Mullen in KILMARNOCK, ayrshire
- Mike Silver in Taunton, Somerset
- Sarah Bronzite in ABERDEEN, -
- Simon Wilkins in BRADFORD, West Yorkshire
- Stuart Logan in Newbury, Berkshire
Latest Spring blossom records for this variety
2011 season
- 15th April 2011 - tree owned by Andrew in St Saviour, United Kingdom
2010 season
- 5th May 2010 - tree owned by Elizabeth in EVESHAM, United Kingdom
- 2nd May 2010 - tree owned by Stuart in Newbury, United Kingdom
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Latest harvest records for this variety
2011 season
2010 season
- 3rd week September 2010 - tree owned by Bluemarlin in BURNLEY, United Kingdom
Mature heights for Greensleeves trees
This table shows the likely mature height for a Greensleeves tree taking into account the vigor of the variety, the rootstock, and soil conditions.
| Rootstock | Soil quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Below average | Average | Above average | Very good | |
| P22 | 1.8 ft 0.5 m |
2.2 ft 0.7 m |
2.6 ft 0.8 m |
3.1 ft 0.9 m |
3.5 ft 1.1 m |
| M27 | 2.0 ft 0.6 m |
2.5 ft 0.8 m |
3.0 ft 0.9 m |
3.5 ft 1.1 m |
4.0 ft 1.2 m |
| M9 | 3.0 ft 0.9 m |
3.8 ft 1.2 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
| Bud.9 | 3.0 ft 0.9 m |
3.8 ft 1.2 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
| Geneva 16 | 3.0 ft 0.9 m |
3.8 ft 1.2 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
| Geneva 11 | 3.5 ft 1.1 m |
4.4 ft 1.3 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.1 ft 1.9 m |
7.0 ft 2.1 m |
| M26 | 3.8 ft 1.2 m |
4.7 ft 1.4 m |
5.6 ft 1.7 m |
6.6 ft 2.0 m |
7.5 ft 2.3 m |
| Geneva 30 | 4.0 ft 1.2 m |
5.0 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.0 ft 2.1 m |
8.0 ft 2.5 m |
| MM102 | 4.0 ft 1.2 m |
5.0 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.0 ft 2.1 m |
8.0 ft 2.5 m |
| M7 | 4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.6 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
| M116 | 4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.6 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
| MM106 | 5.0 ft 1.5 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.5 ft 2.3 m |
8.8 ft 2.7 m |
10.0 ft 3.1 m |
| MM111 | 6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.5 ft 2.3 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
10.5 ft 3.2 m |
12.0 ft 3.7 m |
| Bud.118 | 6.5 ft 2.0 m |
8.1 ft 2.5 m |
9.8 ft 3.0 m |
11.4 ft 3.5 m |
13.0 ft 4.0 m |
| M25 | 7.5 ft 2.3 m |
9.4 ft 2.9 m |
11.3 ft 3.5 m |
13.1 ft 4.0 m |
15.0 ft 4.6 m |
From an idea by N. Buck - more details.
Where to buy apple trees
The following fruit tree nurseries offer Greensleeves apple trees for sale:
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Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK)
United Kingdom Supplier's website >> -
Cummins Nursery
United States More >>
Where to buy apples
The following orchards and suppliers offer Greensleeves apples for sale. map >
United Kingdommap >
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England - midlandsmap >
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England - south-westmap >
- Charlton Orchards, Taunton
Canadamap >
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Ontariomap >
- O'Keefe Grange, Dobbinton
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