Malus domestica 'JAMES GRIEVE'

Malus domestica 'JAMES GRIEVE'
apple tree - midseason

SIZE/TYPE	small tree
USUAL HEIGHT	3-5m
USUAL WIDTH	2-4m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
FLOWERS	showy
BLOOMING TIME	April - May
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Fruit trees

James Grieve is an old and proved, very tasting variety of a midseason apple tree from Scotland from 1893. The apples are medium to large, juicy and sweet, and are great eaten fresh off the tree, yet a little sharp. Sweetness rises only after one week of cold storage. It generally does not store well in common cellars, however, in under professional storage conditions it may last ontil late winter.

It is partial self-fertile but will significantly benefit from a pollinator nearby, i.e. Antonovka, Čistecké, Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Zlatá reneta, Granny Smith, Idared, Kent, Opal, Melrose, Rajka, Red Delicious, Rubinette, Rubinola, Spartan, Starking nebo Topaz.

If you need to prune apple trees do so in mid-winter. Remove vertical branches and shorten side branches. Fruiting wood is mostly horizontal. Most apple trees are sterile and need another apple variety for pollination. This pollinator can be in the same neighborhood, no need to have it in the same garden. It is fully hardy.

Last update 23-03-2017

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GLOSSARY

STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.