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Apple
Grenadier 

 

 

 

 
SummaryIf you want an early-season English cooking apple, this is the one - good flavour for all sorts of culinary uses, very easy to grow, and crops well.




Identification

Grenadier




Fruit colourGreen




Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Grenadier




FlavorGood




Flavour styleSharper




Ripening period




Use/Keeping1 week




Cooking resultPuree




Growing

Grenadier




Picking




CroppingHeavy




VigourSlightly small




PollinationFlowering group 3
Partially self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Gardening skillVery easy




Problems

Other

Grenadier




Country of originUnited Kingdom




Other qualitiesAwards 1993