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Grenadier Apple
The cooking apple variety Grenadier is no
longer sold in supermarkets because it does not keep as long as a Bramley. But grow
this apple tree in your garden and the problem disappears. What's more, it crops
extremely early from mid-August for around eight weeks. The tree itself is compact and easily kept
to the correct shape and size for your garden. At the same time Grenadier produces a
very good crop of cooking apples. When cooked, the apples reduce to a puree
making them an excellent choice for apple pies and crumbles. The cooked apple
freezes very well. This is an old
variety (1862, Buckinghamshire) which has very good disease
resistance. Grenadier is a partially self-fertile
variety which benefits from having apple trees of pollination groups 2, 3 or 4
nearby. Ignore the ribbed and rather lumpy appearance, this is a superb cooking
apple.
If you want to buy Grenadier online from our recommended suppliers
(Victoriana Nursery Gardens) with a special GardenAction 10% discount then
click
here (discount given at checkout).
THE APPLE
Taste
Acid and juicy
Skin Texture
Quite tough
Flesh
Crisp and pure white coloured
Apple size
Average
GROWING
Flower period
Middle season
Pollination Group
3
Vigour
On the weak side
Crop Yield
High
Eating
time
August to September
Grenadier Apple
