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Apple varieties, Netherlands

James Grieve Lired

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

A sport of James Grieve having a brighter, more solid flush. It originated with A van Liere en Zonen, Kapelle-Biezalinge. Fruits have rather soft but juicy flesh with a good refreshing flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

James Grieve Lired Netherlands
- Sport of James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
  - Parent Potts' Seedling United Kingdom, about 1849
  - Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
    - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
    - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831

Where James Grieve Lired came from. The lines lead to its parents: James Grieve (United Kingdom).

Sources

James Grieve Lired (accession 1963 - 105), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early september).