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Malus domestica 'Grimes Golden'
Hybrid parentage'unknown'
Cultivar'Grimes Golden'
Origin United States Wellsburg, Virginia 1832

Grimes Golden

is a cultivar of apple originated in Wellsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1832 on the farm of Thomas Grimes. Flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, juicy, aromatic, spicy, subacid. [1] Susceptible to bitter pit. [2] It could be a parent of the famous Golden Delicious apple, [3] and is known to be the maternal parent of 'Yellospur', and the pollen parent of 'Sinta'. [4]

Grimes Golden [5]
--- When to pick When ripe enough to eat Latest cold storage limit
In Northern states Sept. 8 - Oct. 28 Nov. 1-10 Jan. 15
In Southern states Aug. 23 - Sept. 18 Oct. 5-15 Dec. 15

References

  1. ^ John Warder, American Pomology
  2. ^ Korban, Genetic and Nutritional status in Bitter Pit-resistant and - susceptible Apple seedlings. J.Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 109(3) 428-432, 1984.
  3. ^ "Malus 'Grimes Golden'". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  4. ^ "Grimes Golden", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, retrieved 27 October 2015
  5. ^ Stark Nurserie's, catalog, 1917