Grimes Golden


Grimes Golden is a cultivar of apple that originated in Wellsburg, Virginia in 1832 on the farm of Thomas Grimes.
Flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, juicy, aromatic, spicy, subacid. Susceptible to bitter pit.
It could be a parent of the famous Golden Delicious apple, and is known to be the maternal parent of 'Yellospur', and the pollen parent of 'Sinta'.

---When to pickWhen ripe enough to eatLatest cold storage limit
In Northern statesSept. 8 - Oct. 28Nov. 1-10Jan. 15
In Southern statesAug. 23 - Sept. 18Oct. 5-15Dec. 15