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Grenadier apple trees

Pick: Early-season    Flowering group: 3       Uses: Cookery | Juicing    Disease-resistance: Good
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Grenadier apple tree

Grenadier is an early season apple, ripening in mid-August in the UK and primarily intended for culinary purposes. It is very easy to grow - almost foolproof in practically any situation. The flesh cooks down to a cream puree, and is ideal for summer cooking.

Unlike late season "cookers" such as Bramley, Grenadier apples do not keep particularly well, but they do hang on the tree so picking can take place over an extended period.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Grenadier apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £38.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £32.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £36.00

**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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Alternatives to Grenadier apple trees

Alternative fruit trees - Bramley's Seedling apple trees
Late-season  (3)  
Cook | Juice | Cider

Bramley's Seedling apple trees

Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
Alternative fruit trees - Bountiful apple trees
Mid-season  (2)  
Cook 

Bountiful apple trees

A modern English cooker, similar uses to Grenadier.




Summary features of Grenadier

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colour: Green
  • Blossom colour: Pink - light
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Grenadier

Grenadier is in flowering group 3. Grenadier is partially self-fertile, but fruiting will be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.



How to grow Grenadier apple trees

The best word to describe Grenadier is reliable. It will grow almost anywhere, and tolerates wet climates better than most apples. It grows in a compact form, making it viable in even small gardens. It is also highly disease resistant - you almost never see a Grenadier tree with any of the usual apple diseases. If you are not sure about growing apple trees, and want a cooking variety, you can't really go wrong with this one.

Grenadier produces quite good crops from an early age. It is worth picking off apples that form in the first few years to ensure the tree grows to its full size before encouraging cropping. Once it gets going, Grenadier becomes a very heavy-cropping tree. The apples are quite large and there are lots of them - and you wonder if the branches can take the strain, but they usually seem to just bend down under the weight.

Grenadier is also a good pollinator of other varieties, it produces a lot of blossom over a long period.



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Historical details

Unknown origins but grown commercially in the UK for a period in the early 20th century.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Grenadier



Related variety collections

Fruit trees for North West Scotland, Fruit trees for a north-facing wall, Top 10 English and Scottish cooking apples


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