Greensleeves

Greensleeves is a modern Kent-raised dessert apple producing crisp, juicy fruit with a sweet-tart, lightly honeyed flavour.

It is best enjoyed fresh but can also be used for juice and cider.

Features

• Crisp, juicy dessert apple with sweet-tart honeyed flavour
• Best eaten fresh from harvest
• Also suitable for juice and light cider use
• Hardy, reliable, and heavy cropping variety
• Prolific and precocious bearer
• Upright-spreading growth habit
• Partial tip-bearing tree

Origins / Notes

Raised in the 1960s at East Malling Research Station in Kent, Greensleeves is a cross between James Grieve and Golden Delicious. It was developed as a reliable, productive dessert apple for UK growing conditions.

Disease Resistance

Good resistance to apple scab.
Susceptible to canker - so avoid in really wet climates and heavy soils

Pollination Season

Mid-season

Harvesting Season

Early to mid-season, typically late August to September.

Storage

Best eaten soon after harvest. Short storage life, with optimal eating window immediately after picking while fruit remains crisp, juicy, and aromatic.

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