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