Directeur Lesage apple
Directeur Lesage is sweet/sharp flavored early-season eating apple variety originating from Belgium and northern France.
This variety is also known as Precoce de Wirwignes - "precoce" meaning early-season.
The apples have a distinctive ribbed green / yellow appearance., with red / orange flecks, and are normally picked in mid-August.
Directeur Lesage identification images
USDA identification images for Directeur Lesage
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.
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Origins
- Species: Malus domestica
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Cropping: Heavy
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavor style (apples): Sweet/Sharp
- Food uses: Eating fresh
Growing
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Bearing regularity: Regular
Climate
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Identification
- Country of origin: Belgium
- Country of origin: France
- Fruit size: Average
- Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
- Fruit colour: Red striped
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Directeur Lesage apple trees for sale:
- Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
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Where to buy fresh fruit
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