Granny Smith apple identification
The most instantly-recognised of all apples, and perhaps Australia's most famous export. Parentage: Possibly French Crab and Rome Beauty. Introduced / discovered in 1860s.
Identification
- Flesh colour - White to Greenish to Greenish Yellow
- Fruit size - Medium
- Fruit shape - Short-round-conical
- Fruit shape - Round
- Fruit shape - Round-conical
- Fruit shape - Conical
- Shape features - Regular, round
- Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
- Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
- Shape uniformity - Lack Uniformity in size & shape
- Shape uniformity - Uniform in size, Variable in shape
- Shape uniformity - Uniform, in size and shape
- Bultitude apple group - 2. Green, smooth, sweet
- Seeds - size - Small
- Core - Abaxile / Irregular
- Core - Axile / Symmetrical
- Core - Closed
- Seeds - point - Obtuse
- Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
- Seeds - characteristics - Plump
- Core - carpels - Hollow cylinder at center
- Core - lines - Moderate
- Core - lines - Wide
- Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Short
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Funnel
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Urn
- Calyx Tube - Length - Long
- Calyx Tube - Length - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Size - Large
- Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Pubescent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Green with brown tips
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Partially Open
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Convergent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Erect
- Russet - Present
- Russet - Not present
- Russet % coverage - Low
- Russet % coverage - Absent
- Russet details - In stem cavity
- All green or yellow - Only green or yellow present
- All green or yellow - Other colors present
- Skin color (when ripe) - White to Greenish to Green
- Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
- Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with NO Red (+/or) Pink
- Skin blush - Present
- Skin blush - Not present
- Skin blush (color) - Orange to Orange Red Brown
- Skin blush (color) - Bronze to Brownish Purple
- Scarf skin - Not present
- Suture lines - Not present
- Bloom - Not present
- Skin waxy or greasy - Waxy or greasy (fresh or stored)
- Skin feel - Smooth
- Stripes - No stripes
- Stem (length) - Medium
- Stem (length) - Long
- Stem (thickness) - Slender
- Stem cavity (russet) - Gray to Brown Russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Ochre or Green Russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Russeted or can be Russet-free
- Stem cavity (russet) - Usually Russet Free
- Stem (position) - Inclined, Oblique, laying to the side
- Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
- Stem (details) - Curved
- Stem (color) - Brown
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Furrows, Corrugated
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Brown
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Green
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Shiny, Smooth
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Silvery Gray
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Cone-shaped slope to stem
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Acute, Medium Slope
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Narrow
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Wide, Broad
- Basin skin - Shiny, Smooth
- Basin skin - Pubescent, Downy
- Basin skin - Green
- Basin width - Moderate
- Basin russet - Usually Russet free
- Basin (top view) - Uneven, Oblique, Slanted
- Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Acute, Regular, Medium slope
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Obtuse, gradual slope to eye
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Flat or rounded to calyx
- Basin (side view depth) - Shallow
- Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
- Basin (protruberances) - Smooth, flat
- Basin (protruberances) - Beaded, Mammiform
- Basin (protruberances) - Ridged, Ribbed
- Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
- Basal lobes - Slightly present
- Basal lobes - Not present
- Dots (description) - Green
- Dots (description) - Light colored, pale, greyed
- Dots (description) - Areolar
- Dots (description) - Gray
- Dots (description) - White
- Dots (numbers) - Numerous
- Dots (size) - Large
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
- Dots (spread) - Enter the stem cavity
- Dots (spread) - From Basin lessening toward Cavity
- Flesh (staining) - Green
- Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
- Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
- Flesh (texture) - Chewy
- Flesh (grain) - Granular, Coarse, Mealy
- Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Using
- Uses - Eat fresh
- Uses - Cooking
- Uses - Hard cider
- Uses - Drying
- Flavour quality - Very good
- Flavour quality - Good
- Flavour style - Sharper
- Flavour style - Sharp / refreshing
- Harvest period - Very-Late season
- Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected
Growing
- Flowering period - Mid season
- Flowering group - 3
- Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
- Fruit bearing - Partial tip-bearer
- First planted - Before 1950
References
- 'Apples for the 21st Century' by Manhart
- 'Apples of England' (1948) by Taylor
- 'Fruit Expert' by Hessayon
- Granny Smith - tasting notes, history, and pedigree on OrangePippin.com