Grimes Golden

American  

[grahymz] / graɪmz /

noun

1. a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.

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Etymology

Origin of Grimes Golden

1855–60, named after Thomas P. Grimes of West Virginia

Example Sentences

Self-pollinating selections, such as 'Golden Delicious' and 'Grimes Golden,' will bear fruit without having another apple tree around.

From Southern Living

W. D. Cellar, Edwardsville, Wyandotte county: Been in Kansas twelve years; have 2000 apple trees from two to eight years of age, comprising Ben Davis, Jonathan, Gano and Missouri Pippin for commercial purposes, and Maiden's Blush, Early Harvest, Bailey Sweet, Huntsman's Favorite, Grimes' Golden Pippin and Winesap for family orchard.

From Project Gutenberg

If the Delicious apple or Grimes Golden had appeared in our seedling blocks, we'd have thrown them away.

From Project Gutenberg

My orchard has since been given over to the Department of Agriculture as the scene of their experiments in fighting the chestnut blight, but they have given it up, withdrawn their efforts, and half the orchard is now cut down and planted to Winesap and Grimes Golden Apples, which ten year's experience has shown me can be grown on such land without cultivation if mulched with the weeds and bushes that grow around them, and given some commercial fertilizer.

From Project Gutenberg

Two nurserymen come to me and sell me two Grimes Golden apples.

From Project Gutenberg