Northern Greening

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary

Introduced

1826

Origin

Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 65.0 mm
Fruit width: 65.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Northern Greening is an excellent culinary apple of first-rate quality, medium-sized with smooth green skin tinged with brownish-red on the sun-exposed side. The flesh is greenish-white, tender, crisp, and juicy with a brisk, somewhat vinous flavor. It is in use from November to April, produced by a vigorous and abundantly bearing tree.

Flavor & Texture

acidictender

Best Uses

cooking

Lineage

Offspring

Langley Pippin Dumelow's Seedling Encore King Edward (1)Merton Prolific

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Origin type: deliberate cross

briskvinous

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 4284
Wikidata: Q41779682
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Hort