Granny Smith apple
- Gay_Klok
- jerrib
- Carol Wallace
- Gay_Klok
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» Gay_Klok - Granny Smith
Jerri, I was astonished to see the Granny Smith apple in your poll list of favourite apples. Our Granny Smith is a Tasmanian apple - green, wonderful for cooking at an early ripe age and then great for eating. Is it the same?It is not grown very much anymore, the Fujii and others have taken over, to cater for the export market - the Japanese market especially
The cross with Golden Delicious and ? happened in a back yard garden of granny Smith annnd it became a great favourite throughout Australia. We still have a few of these old apple trees growing in the orchards - Golden Delicious, Sturmer, Lady-in-the-Snow to mention a few
-- posted by Gay_Klok
» Carol Wallace - Re: Re: Granny Smith
In response to message posted by jerrib:I'm sure that they ARE the same - I can remember when all of mine came with a little tiny "New Zealand" sticker on them. And they are absolutely my most favorite apple - in fact my first taste of one made me a total convert - it's about the only one that I'll eat now.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Gay_Klok - Re: Re: Re: Granny Smith
In response to message posted by CarolWallace:Carol, you would love the apple we have in the Town Garden. It was here when we bought the place [2 trees] and it is wonderful and the only apple I eat [with all our 2000 apple trees at the country orchards] - and nobody knows what it is. The orchardist, who we bought "Kibbenjelok" from, came to see goodbye at the town house [he was off to the mainland] and he could not identify it.
The closest we can guess is golden delicious x granny smith x something else. At first they are superb for cooking, bright green and they change to fluffy mash in no time [apple sauce] or never remain hard for pies. When they ripen more, they are golden yellow and so crisp and juicy and sweet
-- posted by Gay_Klok
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