Broadholme Beauty apple
A mild-flavoured cooking apple, related to James Grieve.
USDA identification images for Broadholme Beauty
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
- James Grieve (parent)
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Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: James Grieve seedling
- Originates from: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1980s
- Developed by: Mr Henry Lovely
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 2000
- Fruit colour: Green
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flesh colour: White
- Fruit size: Large
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 3 months or more
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Flavour style (apples): Sharper
- Cooking result: Keeps shape
- Juice style: Sharper
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Traditional cooker
- Picking month: September
- Picking period: late September
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Organic culture: Suitable
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy fresh fruit
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