Greensleeves apple
Malus domestica
A good garden apple, with a pleasant but unexceptional flavour.
Parentage: Golden Delicious and James Grieve
Origin: Kent
Introduced: 1966
Season: October
Apple 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.
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.
We have Greensleeves apple trees for sale from the Orange Pippin fruit tree shop
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Relationships to other apple varieties
Offspring of this variety:
Parents and other ancestors of this variety:
- Golden Delicious (parent)
- James Grieve (parent)
Discuss Greensleeves in our Forums
| 12 Oct 2008 21:28 | Richard Pearce | |
| Today 12/10/08 my two boys Matthew and Jack (8 and 4) tasted three varieties in Jacks Orchard (i Planted 34 trees in 2003 to mark Jacks birth ) Discovery, Ashmeads Kernal and Greensleeves and we all voted this apple the best - Sweet juicy and crisp- a real winner. The boys take a real interest in their apples and are lovely to watch tasting - some got spat out as too sour but this was a real winner for them. hope this is of use to you if you have children. | ||
| 30 Sep 2008 18:04 | chris mathews | |
| A friend gives me several pounds of Greensleeves each year from his garden, and I find they go golden beutifully in the fruit bowl. To my taste they fully live up to their parentage, in texture, juice and flavour, provided you find mellow varieties satisfying. It isn't sensational, but it is luscious, exceptionally pleasant and has most of what's missing from Golden Delicious. It's hardly worth bothering to take the small core out, as there's nothing woody there. | ||
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Where to buy apple trees
The following fruit tree nurseries offer Greensleeves apple trees for sale:
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Greensleeves apple trees for sale
Orange Pippin Shop
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Deliver nationallyHigh quality Greensleeves apple trees available in various sizes.More supplier details -
Cummins Nursery
New York, United States
Deliver nationally
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Where to buy apples
No fruit suppliers listed for this variety.
Apple tree register
The following Greensleeves trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree:
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Janet Brown
CARNOUSTIE, Angus, United Kingdom -
sarah bronzite
ABERDEEN, -, United Kingdom -
Elizabeth Hodge
EVESHAM, Worcestershire, United Kingdom -
Mike Silver
Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom -
john mullen
KILMARNOCK, ayrshire, United Kingdom -
Stuart Logan
Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom -
Dougas Wilson
Perth, United Kingdom - See a map of these trees
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