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  Granny Smith and her Apples   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
'Granny Smith' was born Maria Ann Sherwood in the rural parish of Peasmarsh, Sussex, England, in late 1799.
At the age of 19, she married Thomas Smith, a farm labourer from the neighbouring parish of Beckley.
The earliest account of the origin of the Granny Smith appeared in the Farmer and Settler of 25 June 1924, in an article by Herbert Rumsey, a Dundas orchardist and local historian.
www.ryde.nsw.gov.au /ryde/msherwood.htm   (685 words)

  
 Granny Smith Apple Tree
The granny smith apple tree is believed to have originally come from the seed of a French crab apple.
Granny smith apple trees are hardy in zones six through eight, and require a good deal of sunlight.
Granny smith apple trees do not require very much support, as they are typically able to support their own weight.
www.aboutappletrees.com /granny_smith_apple_tree.shtml   (305 words)

  
  Granny Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Granny Smith is an apple cultivar originating in Australia from 1868 from a chance seedling propagated by Marie Ana (Granny) Smith.
Granny Smith apples are a light speckled green in color, though some may have a pink blush.
Granny Smith apples are also bitten into and chewed by voice actors to remove clicks from their speech.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granny_Smith   (350 words)

  
 Granny Smith Apples
Granny Smith apples are a deep green with an occasional pink blush of the cheeks.
Grannies occasionally show "russeting," a brownish network at the stem end.
Fresh Granny Smith Apples are available from Washington from September through November while cold storage product is available the rest of the year.
www.produceoasis.com /Items_folder/Fruits/GSmith.html   (404 words)

  
 SinLur Gardens: Malus pumila 'Granny Smith'
The Granny Smith apple is named for its original discoverer, Mary Ann Smith (1799-1870) of Eastwood (now part of Ryde, a municipality of Sydney) in New South Wales.
Tart & crisp, Granny Smiths are regarded as good eaten fresh from the tree, or as a salad-apple, & is even better for baking or for chutneys.
Granny Smith is not a self-pollinating apple tree, & requires a partner for cross-fertilization.
www.paghat.com /grannysmith.html   (713 words)

  
 Granny Smith Apples
Granny Smiths originated in Australia and are imported mostly from Australia and New Zealand, although we get a few from South Africa, and producers are starting to grow them in Chile and Argentina, which also have opposite growing seasons from ours.
Granny Smiths are shipped around the world and start arriving in the U.S. around the middle of April.
The Granny Smith is a medium to large apple with a very juicy, white, tart, super-hard flesh.
www.producepete.com /shows/grannysmithapples.html   (804 words)

  
 Granny Smith Natural Food Market: About: the Granny Smith Story
With Granny's reputation for delicious pies, it is said that one day a wholesaler at the markets gave her a box of crabapples from Tasmania with which to weave her pie-making magic.
And what Granny found when her little tree did eventually bear fruit were beautiful green apples with a magnificent crunch, refreshing tanginess and superb keeping qualities.
Granny Smith died in 1870 at the age of 69, not living long enough to see the commercial success of the apple which still bears her name.
www.grannysmith.biz /about/story.jsp   (722 words)

  
 Granny Smith
The Granny Smith, or green apple, originated in Australia in 1868 from a chance seedling propagated by Maria Smith, where the name "Granny Smith" comes from.
Granny Smith apples usually have a slightly more sour, sharp flavor than other apples.
Riverbend Plantation has created a refreshing, non-alcoholic, carbonated Granny Smith and McIntosh apple cider blend that is rose in color from saskatoon berries.
www.sweetwatercellars.com /grannysmith.html   (457 words)

  
 Apples 'Granny Smith' Produce Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Average starch score for a sample of 30 apples equal to or greater than 2.5 on a 0 to 6 scale (California Granny Smith Apple Starch Scale*), based on the percentage of the core and cortex areas stained dark blue when dipped in the iodine - potassium iodide solution.
Granny Smith apples are very susceptible to storage scald especially when grown in hot dry climates such as much of California.
Granny Smith is moderately sensitive to sodium burn.
postharvest.ucdavis.edu /Produce/ProduceFacts/Fruit/grannysmith.shtml   (519 words)

  
 Granny Smith ...a reply   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Granny Smith and her family lived in the Camden district, where they had an orchard.
I do not think there was any tale referring to the origin of the Granny Smith apple, because I think that it grew in the orchard quite ordinarily amongst the other trees.
I have in my glass cabinet a cream jug and vase and a pair of cut glass salt cellars, which Granny Smith gave my grandmother when she was married.
www.agric.nsw.gov.au /rwn/cweb/autumn-1999/granny-smith-a-reply.htm   (511 words)

  
 Granny Smith's Garden Nursery
Granny Smith's Garden is a small family nursery that have been operating for 13 years.
This began after Marj (Granny) Smith started importing seeds for her own garden so as to have something different.
At Granny Smiths Garden we pride ourselves in cultivating top quality plants available to the public at near wholesale prices.
www.geocities.com /grannysmithsgarden   (418 words)

  
 Fruit From Washington - Granny Smith Apples
Granny Smith apples have been cultivated for at least 140 years.
She nurtured the serendipitous sprouts from those crabapple seeds and the rest is horticultural history.
Sour apple fans will tell you that Granny Smith apples should not be cooked but are best eaten raw.
www.fruitfromwashington.com /Varieties/grannysmith.htm   (123 words)

  
 Dovex Fruit Company - Granny Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Granny Smith apples are separated into 2 PREMIUM Washington Extra Fancy grades for color.
All PREMIUM grades are clean to within 1/4" of minor grade defects such as blemishes from limb rub or frost marks.
The PREMIUM "Granny Rose" grade is all green color with an area of pink blush that has been kissed by the sun.
www.dovex.com /granny-smith   (84 words)

  
 Granny Smith apple
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.
Granny Smith apples are good cooking apples and a bit on the tart side - I love them.
www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/washington_state/55356   (339 words)

  
 Granny Smith Bedroom, Lodging, Hearts and Hands at Cider Creek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Granny Smith Room is located in the main house, across the hall from the Golden Delicious Room, and next to the shared bathroom.
The rich, floral fabric on the walls creates a womb-like world for you to enjoy as the light dances and reflects in the beveled mirrors on the antique dresser and four poster double bed.
Granny Smith is a room that's especially magical in the stillness and softness of nighttime.
www.heartsandhands.net /tour/Granny_Smith_Room.html   (121 words)

  
 Granny Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A Granny Smith is large and has a waxy, smooth green skin - our only "green apple".
Its juicy flesh is firm and white, and quite bruise resistant.
It has a "sprightly" flavor and is a good apple for eating, juicing, cooking, and applesauce.
www.countylineorchard.com /apples/granny.html   (44 words)

  
 Become.com - Shop results for granny smith apple
As American as apple pie, our Grandpa's Granny Smith Apple and Walnut Coffee Cakes are a new way to enjoy one of your favorite fruit tastes...
Granny Smith Apples This picture of apples on a table has gentle colors and is an all around nice still life composition.
Gala Apples, Granny Smith Apples, Bartlett Pears, and Cosmos Pears These pictures of apples and pears on a table have gentle colors and are all...
www.become.com /shop?q=granny+smith+apple   (315 words)

  
 Chicken Drumsticks with Granny Smith Apples and Ginger, recipe on The Worldwide Gourmet
An expressive white wine that is well suited to dishes in which apples, such as Granny Smith, predominate.
Add the stock and the chopped Granny Smith apple; cook gently for about 30 minutes.
Peel the vegetables and apples and cook them separately (the apples should be cut into pieces and cooked in the butter, like a compote).
www.theworldwidegourmet.com /fruits/apple/granny-drumsticks.htm   (214 words)

  
 Granny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Granny, a character on The Beverly Hillbillies played by Irene Ryan
Granny, a wind operated suction fan, to remove smoke more efficiently, on a chimney pot.
Granny is also a song performed live by Dave Matthews Band and is one of their most popular live songs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granny   (117 words)

  
 Granny Smith Apple organic profile
The Granny Smith originated in Australia in 1868.
Mary Ann (Grannie) Smith found the seedling (believed to be French Crab) growing in her garden where she had thrown out some apples.
About a century later they were introduced to America where it has grown in popularity ever since.
www.cffresh.com /fresh/granny_profile.html   (140 words)

  
 Winter's grand gesture: the Granny Smith apple
Here is how Alan Davidson in "The Oxford Companion to Food," describes my favorite apple, in winter, the Granny Smith: "Unusual, perhaps unique, in being a brilliant green even when fully ripe.
The best apple I ever ate, off an espaliered tree in New Zealand, was a Granny Smith.
"Crisp and juicy" are two words that recommend a winter apple to me but there are other things I like about the Granny Smith.
www.post-gazette.com /columnists/20040222rubin0222fnp1.asp   (490 words)

  
 Apple Varieties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Grannies are a favorite of Washington state pie-bakers.
Warm days and cool summer nights ensure crunch and flavor for October harvest.
Parentage: Believed to be descended from French crabapples cultivated by Australian grandmother Maria Ann Smith.
www.bestapples.com /varieties/granny.html   (46 words)

  
 Food Facts & Trivia: Granny Smith Apple
Smith had found the seedling growing where she had thrown out some apples, she began using the fruit for cooking, and was soon marketing the fruit.
Bright green Granny with a pink blush has a crisp bite and a tangy flavor.
Enjoy Granny Smiths out of hand or in a salad.
www.foodreference.com /html/fgrannysmith.html   (217 words)

  
 Cooks.com - Recipes - Granny Smith Apple Pie
Smith defines jazzy, global '90s style through every step of planning and preparation...
Results 1 - 10 of 126 for granny smith apple pie.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes or until done.
www.cooks.com /rec/search/0,1-0,granny_smith_apple_pie,FF.html   (114 words)

  
 Granny Smith definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
Granny Smith definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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After the nickname of Maria Ann Smith (1801-1870), who first grew it in Sydney, Australia]
encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861691132/Granny_Smith.html   (85 words)

  
 Virginia Apple Varieties - Granny Smith
There is something special on the apple cheeks of this Granny, a slight sun-kissed pink blush that makes Virginia Blushing Granny Smith apples an instant standout on any display.
Virginia Blushing Granny Smiths can be enjoyed straight from the store, baked in a pie, or stewed into a sauce.
Virginia Blushing Granny Smith apples, get 'em while the blush is on!
www.virginiaapples.org /varieties/granny.html   (122 words)

  
 Brian's Belly - The Beer Belly: Woodchuck Granny Smith Draft Cider
The Bottom Line: I recommend Woodchuck Granny Smith to anyone who wants a light, fruity alternative to beer and wine.
With hints of fall looming each evening, I'm starting to feel the urge to sample a few ciders along with my usual diet of stouts and dopplebocks, and so I snagged on a six of Woodchuck's Granny Smith Cider while cruising around my local beer warehouse.
While this cider is unquestionably on the tart side of the marketplace, it is surprisingly mild for a varietal cider made with Granny Smith apples.
www.briansbelly.com /beerbelly/woodchuckgranny.shtml   (1152 words)

  
 Granny Smith Apples - SHOP.COM
Granny Smith Apples are the classic tart, green apple.
Our Granny Smith's are always crisp and have the perfect tart flavor.
This apple is also an exceptional baking apple, perfect for one of Grandma's apple pies.
www.shop.com /op/aprod-p19347805   (205 words)

  
 Granny Fuckin Smith's Official Home on the Net
Granny Smith was started in a small basement in Winn Michigan back in 1993.
Inspired by the teen angst of Mt. Pleasant High School and the packs of Camels clogging up their lungs, Michael, Jay, and Joel set out to start tearing ass in the local rock and roll scene of central Michigan.
Brief History of Granny Smith and the MP Music Scene
www.geocities.com /grannysmithrocks   (211 words)

  
 Yankee Candle Granny Smith
With no holder required, this is easy scented ambience that's convenient and ready to use.
Granny Smith Tarts Wax Potpourri, burns up to 8 hours
Granny Smith Tea Lights, Set of 12 burns 4-6 hours each
www.christmas-treasures.com /YankeeCandles/GrannySmith.htm   (106 words)

  
 Granny Smith - Arctic Liquor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Woodchuck Granny Smith Draft Cider This is one of our most popular styles of cider, introduced in March, 1997.
It is made using 100% Granny Smith apples.
This cider has a mouth-watering flavor that is tangy and tart, with just a touch of sweetness.
www.arcticliquor.com /granny-smith-p-363.html   (132 words)

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