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Apple cultivar
James Grieve apples on tree.
James Grieve
is an old variety of
apple
. It gets its name from its breeder, James Grieve, who raised the apple from
pollination
of a Pott's Seedling or a
Cox's Orange Pippin
apple (most likely both
[1]
) in
Edinburgh
,
Scotland
some time before 1893.
This is a savoury, juicy apple with strong acidity at first, which then mellows as the fruit matures during September, but the flesh softens soon thereafter. When picked early, it makes a sweet and delicate stewed apple, but then can be used as a
dessert apple
.
James Grieve apples used to be grown all over
Europe
and were delivered to the city markets via
train
or
horse-and-cart
, but because they bruised easily they had to be carefully packed in laundry-type wicker baskets filled with straw. The fruit cannot sustain modern supermarket handling, and so they are now only grown in gardens and for direct sale to consumers. Nonetheless, James Grieve is considered a good apple because it is exceptionally tasty, it produces fruit every year, it is disease-resistant, and it is a good
polleniser
for other apples. It may drop early in warm weather. It is also a good apple for making
apple juice
.
- Density 0.75
- Sugar 11.5 %
- Acidity 8.2 gram / litre
- Vitamin C 10-20 mg/100 gram
[2]
Typical size distribution
[2]
<55 mm
|
55-60 mm
|
60-65 mm
|
65-70 mm
|
70-75 mm
|
75-80 mm
|
80-85 mm
|
2 %
|
7 %
|
18 %
|
37 %
|
27 %
|
7 %
|
2 %
|
Descendants
[
edit
]
- Elan
(Golden Delicious x James Grieve)
- Falstaff
(James Grieve x Golden Delicious)
- Greensleeves
(James Grieve x Golden Delicious )
[2]
- Reglindis
- Remo
[3]
- Sunset
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Ordidge, Matthew; Kirdwichai, Pianpool; Baksh, M. Fazil; Venison, Edward P.; Gibbings, J. George; Dunwell, Jim M. (2018-09-12).
"Genetic analysis of a major international collection of cultivated apple varieties reveals previously unknown historic heteroploid and inbred relationships"
.
PLOS ONE
.
13
(9): e0202405.
Bibcode
:
2018PLoSO..1302405O
.
doi
:
10.1371/journal.pone.0202405
.
ISSN
1932-6203
.
PMC
6135360
.
PMID
30208051
.
- ^
a
b
c
Silbereisen, Robert; Gotz, Gerhard; Hartmann, Walter; Tambour, Gisela; Eberle, Christl (1996).
Obstsorten - Atlas
. Ulmer (Eugen).
ISBN
9783800155378
.
- ^
"Remo".
Pillnitzer Obstsorten & Obstunterlagen
(PDF)
.
Julius Kuhn-Institut
. 2017. p. 52.