Malus domestica Grenadier

As its name suggests the Grenadier Apple is militarily punctual - being one of the first cooking apples to ripen. The fruits are large, irregularly shaped, bright green and you will get lots of them. The taste is tart and slightly acidic. The flesh is white and cooks down to a wonderful creamy, puree that works brilliantly in puddings or for apple sauce with your roast pork. The tree is not too vigorous and has an upright habit making it good for smaller gardens. Another huge advantage of the Grenadier is that it will fight off almost all apple diseases - canker, scab, and mildew - and thus is suitable for wet and damp conditions where many apples may turn up their toes. The early blossom is frost resistant so you are almost guaranteed reliable crops every year. Or just have a look at the full list of apple trees to choose another which might suit you better.

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The Grenadier is no slouch in the pollinating department and will produce fruit without other trees nearby but to ensure the sort of crop of which it is capable it is worth finding another complementary apple to grow with it. Use our online pollination tool to find suitable partners. While you do, remember that apple trees are not all about culinary output. Use them for a shady picnic spot in the summer or plant so that you can see the blossom from your kitchen window and underplant with spring bulbs to make it a favourite feature all year round. Smaller clematis look fantastic threaded through the boughs of any apple tree and at the end of the season just need cutting down ready for next year.

Features

Height: to 4.5 m
Use: Cooking/juicing
Pruning: Spur bearer
Pollination: Partially Self Fertile
Picking: Aug-Sept
Apple colour: Green maturing to yellow
Pollination: Group C
Storage: 1 week

Grenadier Gossip

No one knows where the Grenadier apple came from originally but it was first recorded in 1862 and was exhibited in 1863 by the nurseryman Charles Turner of Slough. The RHS first gave it a First Class Certificate in 1883 and it was awarded the AGM in 1993. Promoted by the nurseryman George Bunyard of Maidstone it became more and more popular until it was the most widely grown early cooking apple in the UK.

Lift the turf (if any) in a circle of about 100cms (3ft) diameter. Soak the tree roots in water for about an hour before planting.

Dig a square hole that is about 20cms comfortably wider in both directions than your tree's roots but only a little (maybe) 5 cm deeper. Do not plant less than 30cms from any wall.

Hammer in a tree stake off centre in the direction of the prevailing wind if the tree needs support (so the wind blows the tree away from the stake).

Loosen the soil in the bottom of the hole and add or take away until, when the tree roots are on it, the soil mark on the trunk is at the level of the ground outside the hole. Keep the graft (if there is one) at least 5cms higher than the surrounding soil. Tie the tree to the stake and position ready for planting. Wet the roots again, sprinkle Rootgrow on them and return the soil from the hole, firming it down every few centimetres.

Water well, mulch the circle in the grass and water weekly thereafter through the first summer. Use a tree guard if you have "vermin"

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Misc	RHS AGM, Culinary, Pollinator, Self fertile
Area	Frost Pockets, Scotland & The North
Pollination Group	Pollination Group C
Fruiting	Early Fruiting
Type	Cooking
Flowering	Apr, May

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Malus domestica Grenadier

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