Northern Greening
AppleNorthern Greening
Origin/History
Northern Greening is of probable English origin and was already known in the seventeenth century. It is figured in the Herefordshire Pomona (plate 43). Bunyard notes it as still one of the best late cooking apples.
Tree
Growth vigorous and upright; very fertile. Leaves long, dark green, boldly curved-serrate, upheld and upfolded.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, measuring approximately 2¼ inches by 2¼ inches. Shape oval, conical, and regular.
Stem: Fairly long, set in a deepish cavity that often bears a swelling at one side.
Cavity: Deepish, often with a swelling at one side.
Calyx: Eye closed.
Basin: Deep, rather ribbed.
Skin: Pea green to pale yellow, with red stripes and a faint brown flush. Veitch describes the appearance as handsome.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh tender, greenish, and acid.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Culinary apple, keeping until April. Veitch notes good keeping qualities and describes it as fine for export.
Uses
Culinary. Bunyard rates it still among the best late cooking apples. Veitch describes it as of excellent quality and fine for export.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
The variety circulates under the French name Verte du Nord and the German name Grüner Englischer Pepping. It has also appeared under the names John Apple and Walmer Court.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1913) from England, Illinois
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (2)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)NORTHERN GREENING. Her. Pom., 43. F., Verte du Nord ; G., Gruener Englischer Pepping. (John Apple, Walmer Court.) Culinary, till April, medium, 2¼ by 2¼, oval, conical, regular. Colour, pea green to pale yellow with red stripes and faint brown flush. Flesh, tender, greenish, acid. Eye, closed in a deep rather ribbed basin. Stem, fairly long, in a deepish cavity, often with a swelling at one side. Growth, vigorous, upright ; very fertile. Leaf, long, dark green, boldly curved serrate, upheld and upfolded. Origin, probably English. Known in the seventeenth century. Still one of the best late cooking apples.
— James Veitch & Sons, Veitch's Fruit Trees (1911) (1911)(Medium size, fine and unusually a variety of fruit, handsome appearance, good keeping, excellent quality, fine for export).