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.
Also known as
- Precoce de Wirwignes
Directeur Lesage apple identification images
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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 - Apple
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1949-202
Identification
- Country of origin: Belgium
- Country of origin: France
- Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
- Fruit colour: Red striped
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flesh colour: White
- Fruit size: Average
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Flavour style (apples): Sweet/Sharp
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Ripens over a period
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Picking month: August
- Picking period: early August
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Weak growing
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Some resistance
- Powdery mildew: Some susceptibility
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Directeur Lesage apple trees for sale:
- Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
Precoce de Wirwignes apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.