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Northern Greening
type: Cooking, Dessert, Sauce
synonyms: Cowarn Queening, Cowarne Queening, Cowarne Quoining, Cowarne Seedling, Cowarne’s Queening, John, Kirk Langley Pippin, Langley Pippin (used for another cultivar of that name, also a synonym for Lamb’s Pippin), Old Northern Greening, Walmar Court, Walmer Court, Woodcock
identification: Medium to small size, round tending to conic. Skin is glassy and grass-green maturing to yellow over which is a red blush marked with darker broken stripes on the sun-exposed face. Some of the base colour shows through on the shaded face. Russet lenticels are small and profuse. The calyx is large and slightly open, set in a shallow and narrow, puckered basin. The stem is short and slender, set in a medium deep, narrow cavity. Usually there is a swelling in the cavity next to the stem.
characteristics: Greenish white flesh is tender, crisp and juicy. Juicy with high acid, mellowing in storage to become tender and sweet. Sometimes the flesh is stained next to the skin.
uses: Cooking. Makes a flavourful, tart sauce. After about a month in storage, it becomes a flavourful dessert apple.
origins: 1802 England
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading spur bearer. Good crops. Grows well in areas of cool summers and cold winters.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: Late in the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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