🌳 APPLE TREE GREENSLEEVES

🔹 Identification

• Botanical name : Malus domestica ‘Greensleeves’

• Origin : England

• Breeder : Dr Frank Alston, East Malling Research Station

• Year of creation : 1966

• Parentage : James Grieve × Golden Delicious

• Type : Table apple

🌳 Tree

• Vigor : Slow to moderate

• Habit : Upright and slightly spreading

• Height : Variable depending on rootstock

• Flowering : Mid-season (group 3)

• Fruit set : Early

• Yield : Abundant and regular

• Hardiness : Zone 4 (Canadian reference)

🍏 Fruit

• Size : Medium

• Color : Pale green turning golden yellow at maturity

• Flesh : Cream to white

• Texture : Crunchy, firm and juicy

• Taste : Sweet, slightly tart and refreshing

• Use : Fresh consumption, juice and cider

📅 Harvest and storage

• Harvest : Mid-September

• Eating maturity : September to October

• Storage : Short, until about October in good conditions

• Advice : Consume relatively quickly after harvest to enjoy its flavor and crispness.

🌸 Pollination

• Self-fertility : Partially self-fertile.

• Flowering group : 3 (British classification).

• Improved yield with another compatible apple.

• Suggested pollinators :

  • Golden Delicious

  • Braeburn

  • Cox's Orange Pippin

  • Katy

🌱 Cultivation

• Exposure : Full sun

• Soil : Fertile and well-drained

• Watering : Regular

• Pruning : Thinning and maintenance pruning

• Resistance : Good scab resistance.

• Sensitivity : Very sensitive to juniper rust (apple scab).

🌿 Horticultural interest

The Greensleeves is a productive and interesting apple tree for family orchards. It stands out for its crisp green-yellow apples, early fruiting and good hardiness.