James Grieve Apple Back To List Apple Description: James Grieve is a well known, well flavoured early dessert apple. Red flush stripes over pale green with a creamy white, juicy, rather soft flesh. Excellent refreshing flavour and a reliable cropper. A deservedly popular apple which is grown commercially in the UK, usually as a pollinator for Cox. Can be used for eating, juicing and cooking, keeps its shape when cooked and is known to be one of the best apples to accompany a cheese board! History: Raised by James Grieve in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is said to be seedling from Potts' Seedling. First recorded in 1893 and was introduced by his employers, Dicksons Nurserymen. Received Award of Merit from Royal Horticultural Society in 1897 and First Class Certificate in 1906. Attributes Container Uses: Cooking Uses: Eating Self-fertility: Self-fertile Picking month: September Storing: October Pollination group: Pollination group 3J Suitable for juicing Any UK district Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Gala Galaxy Apple A red clone of Gala. Rich, honeyed apple with orange-red flesh. A variety grown in all major apple regions! Full Details Princesse Apple Heavy cropping russet eater, less nutty flavour than Egremont, but easier to grow. Very disease resistant. Full Details Egremont Russet Apple Flesh is cream, tinged yellow, sweet and firm with a rich nutty flavour. The usual russet to be found in shops. Full Details Cobra Apple The perfect dual purpose apple with a fine dessert flavour. Refreshing acidic, tangy quality for a multitude of culinary uses. Full Details
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