Yorkshire Greening
AppleYorkshire Greening
Origin / History
Origin unknown (Bunyard). Recorded by Forsyth in 1803; Bunyard's entry cites Ronalds, P. II. Elliott lists Yorkshire Greening as a foreign variety, and Downing calls it "an English culinary Apple."
Tree
Downing calls the tree very vigorous, but Bunyard gives the growth as very dwarf, resembling Lane's Prince Albert. Veitch calls it a rambling grower, more suited for culture as a bush than as a pyramid. Productive, with good fertility. Leaf pale green, shining, upcupped, regularly crenate (Bunyard).
Fruit
Size: Large; 4 by 3 (Bunyard).
Form: Roundish, flattened or oblate, slightly ribbed; sides angular (Bunyard).
Stem: Of moderate length (Bunyard).
Cavity: Wide, open, generally free from russet (Bunyard).
Calyx: Eye closed (Bunyard).
Basin: Deepish, wrinkled (Bunyard).
Skin: Greenish, dull dark green to pea green, becoming yellow (Bunyard). Shaded and striped with dull red, the stripes strong and dark red with a slight flush (Bunyard). Traces of russet (Downing).
Dots: Specks of russet (Downing).
Flesh and flavor: Greenish white to greenish, firm, crisp, tender, juicy. Flavor acid, with "an agreeable acidity" (Veitch); Downing calls it brisk subacid. Quality "good" (Downing, Veitch).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Season from October into March. Downing gives October and November, and Veitch October to January; Elliott classes it as winter, and Bunyard extends it till March.
Uses
A culinary apple; "a very fine kitchen apple" (Veitch).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 3 catalogs (1845–1911) from England, Massachusetts
- Winship's Nursery (Brighton Nurseries , operated by the Winship family), Brighton (Boston) , Massachusetts — 1845
- 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
View original book sources (4)
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)YORKSHIRE GREENING.
Foreign. Large, roundish flattened, dull dark green, striped with dull red ; flesh, greenish white, acid. Winter.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Yorkshire Greening.
Coate's. Yorkshire Goose Sauce.
An English culinary Apple. Tree very vigorous and productive.
Fruit large, oblate, slightly ribbed, greenish, with shades and stripes of dull red, specks and traces of russet. Flesh greenish white, firm, crisp, brisk subacid. Good. October, November.
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)YORKSHIRE GREENING. Ronalds, P. II. (Coates, Yorkshire Goose Sauce.) Culinary, till March, large, 4 by 3, flattened, round, sides angular. Colour, pea green to yellow with strong dark red stripes, and slight flush. Flesh, greenish, firm, acid. Eye, closed, in a deepish, wrinkled basin. Stem, moderate length, in a wide open cavity, generally free from russet. Growth, very dwarf and resembling Lane's Prince Albert; fertility, good. Leaf, pale green, shining, upcupped, regularly crenate. Origin, unknown. Recorded by Forsyth, in 1803.
— James Veitch & Sons, Veitch's Fruit Trees (1911) (1911)large, juicy, tender and good, with an agreeable acidity, a very fine kitchen apple, the tree is a rambling grower and is more suited for culture as a bush than as a pyramid ... Oct. to Jan.