Granny Smith
Intersection of probably Malus sylvestris × Malus domestica
The Granny Smith Apple has its origins in 1868 in Australia. Granny Smith is a chance seedling and was discovered in 1868 by Maria Ann Smith from Eastwood in Sydney, Australia.
Origin
Mary Ann Smith died in 1870; the variety was first introduced 20 years after her death at a local horticultural show as Granny Smith's seedling ( grandmother Smith's seedling ). Mary Ann Smith held her seedling for a crab apple (Malus sylvestris). Today it is believed that it is a cross between the seedling of Malus sylvestris and the pollen of Malus domestica in the Granny Smith Apple. At about 1935, the species was introduced into England; only from 1950 Granny Smith has become known as an import fruit from the southern hemisphere in Central Europe.
Middle of the 20th century was Granny Smith the dominant species in New Zealand. The apple grows under the local conditions - temperate climate, long growing season due to the long days in the fall - excellent. The green color of the apple allowed planting systems in which the trees stand together tightly and placed on individual apples falls a little direct sun. The apples take little damage during transport and consumer on the main markets of Europe and the United States felt the fresh green color as a welcome harbinger of spring. The success of Granny Smith meant that producers in areas with long growing seasons ( South Europe, West Coast of the USA ) cultivated it also reinforced. Prices fell and early 1990s began the New Zealand apple industry to adjust. While in the 1980s Granny Smith clearly was the dominant species in New Zealand, it was replaced in the 1990s by Gala and Braeburn, and had in 1996 only accounted for 9 % of New Zealand -grown apples.
Every year in October in Eastwood Granny Smith Festival held the leading more than 60,000 people in the suburbs of Sydney.
Description
The sour Granny Smith is often used for baking and cooking. He has a slightly mottled green skin. It requires hot climate and a long growing period to ripen fully.
The strong acid taste of Granny Smith is not caused by a lack of sugar, but by an increased amount of fruit acids. So Granny Smith has about the same number of degrees Brix ( measure of the sugar content ) like the sweet Golden Delicious, but one about three times as high acidity.
Others
A Granny Smith apple adorns the logo of Apple Records, the record label founded by the Beatles.
Poison Green Granny Smith
Sliced fruit
Granny Smith apples