Malus domestica "Jame Grieve" Apple Tree. this morning with the help from peter we planted out the apple tree I had brought in late april 2019 Fruit Medium large, yellowish green with carmine red bloom. Flesh Whites yellow juicy. Harvest late september storage until january pollination by 'Alkmene'. 'Benoni', 'cox', 'elstar'.

James Grieve is an old variety of apple. It gets its name from its breeder, James Grieve, who raised the apple from pollination of a Pott's Seedling or a Cox's Orange Pippin apple in Edinburgh, Scotland some time before 1893.

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This variety has particularly beautiful blooms. The buds open to reveal many petalled cups, which gradually form large, flat rosettes. The colour is a very attractive shade of soft yellow, the petals paling prettily towards the edges. The flowers have a medium strength fragrance, which is a perfect balance of Tea and myrrh. It will quickly reach some height and still produce flowers and leaves lower down the plant. Named after the pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

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Gertrude Jekyll shrub rose growing in a large pot in my garden

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