Biology:Grimes Golden
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Short description: Apple cultivar
| Malus domestica 'Grimes Golden' | |
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| Hybrid parentage | 'unknown' |
| Cultivar | 'Grimes Golden' |
| Origin | United States Wellsburg, Virginia 1832 |
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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]
| --- | 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
- ↑ John Warder, American Pomology
- ↑ Korban, Genetic and Nutritional status in Bitter Pit-resistant and - susceptible Apple seedlings. J.Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 109(3) 428-432, 1984.
- ↑ "Malus 'Grimes Golden'". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b311/malus-grimes-golden.aspx.
- ↑ "Grimes Golden", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=2512&&fruit=apple, retrieved 27 October 2015
- ↑ Stark Nurserie's, catalog, 1917
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