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Grimes Golden
Dessert apple
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
Mother to: Yellospur
Father to: Sinta
Flowering time:
6th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time: Mid October
Size: large
Shape: Globose
Height: 64.03 mm
Width: 71.91 mm
Ribbing: weak-medium
Crown: medium-strong
Ground Colour: Yellow
Over Colour: n/a
Over Colour Amount: absent
Over Colour Pattern: n/a
Russet: low
Coarseness: coarse
Flesh Colour: Yellowish