James Grieves Apple Tree 4-5ft Tall in 6L Pot Ready to Fruit, Desert & Cooking Apple

• James Grieves Apple Tree 4-5ft in 6L Pot Ready to Fruit,Desert & Cooking Apple
• This is a savoury, juicy apple with strong acidity at first, which then mellows as the fruit matures during September, but the flesh softens soon thereafter.
• Common Name: Apple Genus: Malus Species: domestica Cultivar: James Grieves Skill Level: Beginner Exposure: Full sun Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline Height: 300cm Spread: 300cm
• When picked early, it makes a sweet and delicate stewed apple, but then can be used as a dessert apple.James Grieve is a mid-season variety that is picked in early to mid September. At this stage it is pleasantly acidic and refreshing and if it is too sharp for eating it can be used for cooking.After a few weeks the flavour sweetens and becomes quite mild, and it is then an excellent apple to eat in slices or in hand. The flesh is soft, somewhat like a firm pear in texture.
• It is partially self-fertile. For better fruiting plant a compatible partner: Beauty of Bath, Braeburn, Charles Ross, Cornish Aromatic, Discovery, Egremont Russet, Ellison's Orange, Elstar, Fiesta, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Grenadier, Howgate Wonder, Idared, Irish Peach, Laxton's Superb, Malus Evereste, Malus John Downie, Pitmaston Pine Apple, Red Devil, Spartan, Worcester Pearmain
• The leaves will start to appear autumnal and slightly shabby from mid-June onwards. This is not a disease but is mainly due to this year’s contrasting weather conditions and will not affect the performance of the tree.

This is a savoury, juicy apple with strong acidity at first, which then mellows as the fruit matures during September, but the flesh softens soon thereafter. Description When picked early, it makes a sweet and delicate stewed apple, but then can be used as a dessert apple.James Grieve is a mid-season variety that is picked in early to mid September. At this stage it is pleasantly acidic and refreshing and if it is too sharp for eating it can be used for cooking.After a few weeks the flavour sweetens and becomes quite mild, and it is then an excellent apple to eat in slices or in hand. The flesh is soft, somewhat like a firm pear in texture.The plants grow well in most soil types, but prefer full sun. Partial List of Suitable Pollinators Arthur Turner Blenheim Orange - Triploid Bramley's Seedling - Triploid Brownlees Russet Charles Ross Cox's Orange Pippin Crispin - Triploid Discovery Epicure Falstaff & Red Falstaff Fiesta Greensleeves Grenadier Granny Smith Holstein - Triploid Jonagold - Triploid Jupiter - Triploid Katy Kidd's Orange Red Lane's Prince Albert Malling Kent Norfolk Royal Russet Peasgood's Nonsuch Red Devil Rosemary Russet Spartan Sturmer Pippin Sunset Tydeman's Early Winter Gem Worcester Pearmain Crab apple 'Golden Hornet' Our plants are M7 Rootstock - 2 years old and 5-6ft tall. It will grow to 10-12ft