Grimes Golden is a cultivar of apple that originated in Wellsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1832 on the farm of Thomas Grimes. Flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, juicy, aromatic, spicy, subacid.John Warder, American Pomology Susceptible to bitter pit.Korban, Genetic and Nutritional status in Bitter Pit-resistant and - susceptible Apple seedlings. J.Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 109(3) 428–432, 1984. 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'.
+ Grimes GoldenStark Nurserie's, catalog, 1917 --- When to pick When ripe enough to eat Latest cold storage limit In Northern states Sept. 8 - Oct. 28 Nov. 1-10 Jan. 15 In Southern states Aug. 23 - Sept. 18 Oct. 5-15 Dec. 15
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