Greensleeves

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1966

Origin

Kent, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 64.7 mm
Fruit width: 74.3 mm

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Greensleeves is a dessert apple developed in Kent, England in 1966 from a cross of Golden Delicious and James Grieve. Named after the famous Renaissance song, it is a serviceable garden apple with pleasant but unremarkable flavour, though it can be susceptible to apple scab.

Flavor & Texture

pleasant

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Golden Delicious James Grieve

Offspring

Limelight Columnar apple tree--Hercules variety

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 2495
Wikidata: Q10508645