Grimes Golden
Appearance
Malus domestica 'Grimes Golden' | |
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Hybrid parentage | 'unknown' |
Cultivar | 'Grimes Golden' |
Origin | Wellsburg, Virginia 1832 |
The 'Grimes Golden' apple is a cultivar of apple originated in Wellsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1832 on the farm of Thomas Grimes.
It could be a parent of the famous Golden Delicious apple,[1] and is known to be the maternal parent of 'Yellospur', and the pollen parent of 'Sinta'.[2]
References
- ^ "Malus 'Grimes Golden'". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
- ^ "Grimes Golden", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, retrieved 27 October 2015