Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Redcoat Grieve
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A coloured sport of James Grieve claiming to crop more heavily. Discovered in 1916 on a James Grieve tree at Letchworth by Hal Jones. It was introduced by him in 1921. Fruits have rather soft but very juicy flesh with a good refreshing flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Redcoat Grieve United Kingdom, 1916
- 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
- Sport of James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
Sources
- Redcoat Grieve (accession 1999 - 098), 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); the other names.
