Greensleeves (Malling Greensleeves)

Crop
Apple
Cultivar
Greensleeves (Malling Greensleeves)

Orig. in East Malling, Kent, England, by F.H. Alston, R. Watkins, and J.W. Bates, East Malling Res. Sta. Introd. in 1977. Protected by Plant Breeders’ Rights. James Grieve × Golden Delicious; seed germinated in 1966; tested as A120/6. <b>Fruit:</b> medium, 65 mm or more; skin green-yellow with a trace of russet in the stem cavity; juicy; flavor is pleasantly subacid; ripens in early midseason. <b>Tree:</b> semi-dwarf, ideal for high-density orchards; very precocious; productive (yielded 100% more fruit than Cox’s Orange Pippin in the first four fruiting years); when stored at 3.3 °C, fruit is marketable until early December; flowers profusely 1 week before Cox’s Orange Pippin, long flowering period, flowers showed some resistance to severe frosts.