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The Granny Smith is an apple cultivar that originated in Australia in 1868. It is named after Maria Ann Smith, who propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling. The tree is thought to be a hybrid of
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Maria Ann "Granny" Smith (1799–1870)
The Granny Smith apple is round in shape, light green in color, and has white spots scattered across its surface.
Granny Smith are distinctive in being bright green when ripe
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An apple is the round, edible fruit of an apple tree. Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple, the most widely grown in the genus, are cultivated worldwide. The tree originated in Central Asia, w
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…the cultivar from a chance seedling. The tree is thought to be a hybrid of Malus sylvestris, the European wild apple, with the domesticated apple Malus domestica as the polleniser. The fruit is hard and firm with light green skin and has crisp, juicy flesh. The flavour is tart, often sour and acidic. It remains…
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