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Greensleeves apple trees

Pick: Mid-season    Flowering group: 2       Uses: Eat fresh | Juicing    Disease-resistance: Good
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Greensleeves apple tree

Greensleeves is the result of an interesting experiment, crossing the crisp sweet flavours of Golden Delicious with the juicy acidity of the famous Scottish apple variety, James Grieve. The result is a mid-season apple that crops heavily and grows very easily.

The flavour is, as you might expect, simple and straightforward - basically sweet but quite a bit sharper than Golden Delicious. Even so, since Golden Delicious prefers a warmer climate than is found in much of the UK, Greensleeves can be considered as a reasonable substitute.

As with many varieties that have James Grieve in their parentage, Greensleeves is a notably juicy apple, and useful for juicing and cider.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Greensleeves apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M27 rootstock £39.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M26 rootstock £38.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £38.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)1-year - Bare-root - M27 rootstock £29.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £32.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £36.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £33.00
Full size (5m+)Standard 1.75m - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £36.00

Bare-root cordon fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £34.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Greensleeves

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
  • Fruit colour: Green
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Greensleeves

Greensleeves is in flowering group 2. Greensleeves is partially self-fertile, but fruiting will be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby.



How to grow Greensleeves apple trees

Greensleeves is one of the easiest apple varieties to grow, and is partially self-fertile, and this probably accounts for its steady popularity amongst gardeners.

Greensleeves is also a very good pollinator for other apple varieties because its blossom is unusually long-lasting (a quality it inherits from both Golden Delicious and James Grieve, which are both good pollinators).



Varieties with similar picking times to Greensleeves

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Ballarina Flamenco©
Golden Spire
James Grieve
Katy
Lord Derby
Yellow Ingestrie

Bountiful
Ellison's Orange
Limelight
Lord Lambourne
McIntosh
Meridian
Norfolk Royal Russet
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Red Devil
Red Windsor
Saint Edmund's Russet
Worcester Pearmain

Alkmene
Charles Ross
Cox's Orange Pippin
Gala
Holstein
Ribston Pippin



Historical details

A cross between Golden Delicious and James Grieve, developed at the famous East Malling Research Station in Kent, UK, in the 1960s.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Greensleeves



Related variety collections

Easy apple trees for the UK garden, Apple varieties suitable for organic culture, Fruit trees for growing in containers and pots


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