Grimes Golden Explained

Malus domestica 'Grimes Golden'
Hybrid:	'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'.

Grimes Golden^[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

Notes and 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. Web site: Malus 'Grimes Golden' . . Missouri Botanical Garden . January 22, 2013.
4. Stark Nurserie's, catalog, 1917