Hybrid parentage 'unknown' Rank Cultivar | Higher classification Apple | |
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Origin Wellsburg, Virginia 1832 Scientific name Malus domestica 'Grimes Golden' Similar Apple, Wolf River, Esopus Spitzenburg, Roxbury Russet, Ben Davis | ||
Orchard diary 9 19 2009 grimes golden first six trees into the orchard
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, and is known to be the maternal parent of 'Yellospur', and the pollen parent of 'Sinta'.
References
Grimes Golden Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA