GRANTONIAN

Apple

Origin/History

Introduced by Messrs. Pearson & Son, Nottingham. Now little cultivated.

Tree

Growth vigorous and upright; fertile. Leaves oval and long, upfolded, lax, with shallow crenate margins.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium; measuring 3 by 2¼ inches; shape flat, conical, and irregular.

Skin: Pale yellowish-green with brownish flush.

Stem: Short and stout, inserted in a shallow cavity.

Calyx/Basin: Eye closed, set in a shallow ribbed basin.

Flesh and Flavor: Firm, greenish-white flesh; sub-acid.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season and Storage

Keeps until March.

Uses

Culinary (cooking variety).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1900–1911) from England

George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911

View original book sources (1)

GRANTONIAN. Culinary, till March, medium, 3 by 2¼, flat, conical, irregular. Colour, pale yellowish-green with brownish flush. Flesh, firm, greenish-white, sub-acid. Eye, closed, in a shallow ribbed basin. Stem, short, stout, in a shallow cavity. Growth, vigorous, upright ; fertile. Leaf, oval, long, upfolded, lax, shallow crenate. Origin, introduced by Messrs. Pearson & Son, Nottingham, Now little cultivated.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)