Granny Smith

Description

Harvest: Late
Description: Spur and partial tip bearer, large sized tall and conical shaped fruit
Skin: Green mottled and at late harvest will be yellow and greasy
Flesh: Pale green-white
Vigour: V3
Flowering Group: 3
Pollination: Golden Delicious, Jonathan, Cox Orange Pippin, Pink Lady and Red Delicious
Taste: Crisp, juicy, tart and acidic flesh; excellent flavour. Develops a sweeter flavour if left on the tree
Storage: Keeps very well
Uses: Eating and cooking
Background: Chance seedling in Maria Ann (Granny) Smith’s backyard at Eastwood, NSW, Australia, prior to 1868 possibly from a cross between a cultivated apple and a crab apple. A vigorous, very productive upright tree and susceptible to mildew. A robust apple that keeps its shape and flavour when baked, great for cooking

Product Type	Scion, Tree
Origin	Australia
Product Year	1868
Harvest	Very L
Uses	Cooking, Eating
Vigour	V3
Flowering Group	3
Cooking Uses	Pie
Tip or Spur	Spur & partial tip
Description	Australia, Cox Orange Pippin, Granny Smith Apple Harvest: Late Description: Spur and partial tip bearer, great for cooking., Jonathan, juicy, large sized tall and conical shaped fruit. Skin – green mottled and at late harvest will be yellow and greasy. Flesh – pale green-white. Vigour: V3 Flowering group: 3 Pollination: Golden Delicious, NSW, Pink Lady and Red Delicious. Taste: Crisp, prior to 1868 possibly from a cross between a cultivated apple and a crab apple. A vigorous, very productive upright tree and susceptible to mildew. A robust apple that keeps its shape and flavour when baked