Grimes Golden
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Thomas Grimes, Brook County, West Virginia, USA. It was first known in 1804. Fruits have crisp, juicy, fine-textured flesh with a sweet and moderate flavour.
Synonyms:
Doree de Grimes, Grime's Golden, Grime's Golden Pippin, Grimes, Grimes Goldapfel, Grimes Golden Pippin, Grimes Yellow Pippin, Grimes', Grimes' Golden, Grimes' Golden Pippin, Zolotoe Graima
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Mother to:
Yellospur
Father to:
Sinta
Accession name
Grimes Golden
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose 1
Height
64.03 mm 1
Width
71.91 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
n/a 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
soft 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register