The 'Grimes Golden' apple is a
cultivar
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of
apple
An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...
originated in
Wellsburg,
Virginia
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(now
West Virginia
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) 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
Brooke County, West Virginia
American apples
Apple cultivars
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