James Grieves 
 
Dessert / Juicer / Cooker
 
1893 Edinburgh, Scotland
 
Partially Self-Fertile but treat as Self-Sterile (needs a pollinator)
 
Mid Harvester – October
 
A progeny of the most prized of all Old English apples, the Cox’s Orange Pippin, the James Grieves is the Scottish star of the apple world. Named after the man who raise this lovely apple, it has inherited its delightful rich aromatic quality of the Cox but with an incredible vigour & disease resistance that it almost nonpareil to any other. This would have most certainly been an incredibly popular commercial apple if it was not for its penchant of easily bruising. This chap can really take the weather, suitable for wet or wind sites & it seems to weather all but the very worst conditions, making them quite popular in Cornish Orchards which are frequently at the mercy of the Atlantic storms. It received a Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897 followed by a First Class certification in 1906 as an almost conformation of its excellent qualities. 
 
The fruit itself is larger than most with an overall pleasing green appearance becoming sun blush with hints of red streaking from top to toe. Flesh is firm, tart & tangy but become soft, almost too soft, too quickly. Nonetheless this rarely a problem as the James Grieve is an excellent juicer with a first-rate qualities.