Malus x 'Granny Smith'

Granny Smith Apple

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Common Name:

Granny Smith Apple

Plant Type:

Flower color:

White

Foliage color:

Green

Sun (From 0 to 5):

4

Water (From 0 to 5):

3

Maximum temperature:

30°C

Minimum temperature:

7°C

Maximum height:

730 cm

Maximum width:

760 cm

Granny Smith Apple (Malus x 'Granny Smith') - Description

Apples are deciduous trees and shrubs with simple leaves and white, pink or red flowers with five petals. Apples are thought to be an American fruit, but they are not. The ancestors of the modern Apple is native to Asia and the Middle East. Modern Apples are highly hybridized and the fruit share little resemblance with the ancestral Apple.

Granny Smith Apple (Malus x 'Granny Smith') - Blooming

Clustered five-petaled blossoms with 15-20 stamens in center. Blooms generally before leaves unfold. Pink to red buds that fade as they bloom followed by red, yellow fruits.

Granny Smith Apple (Malus x 'Granny Smith') - Growth

Deciduous trees and shrubs, including the orchard trees that produce apples, and ornamental crabapples trees, whose fruit is also edible, but usually too tart to consume. Species grow best in full sun, but tolerate partial shade.

Granny Smith Apple (Malus x 'Granny Smith') - Planting

Sow seeds in fall in a seedbed. Can also propagate by budding in summer. Grafting is also possible and should be completed during the winter.

Granny Smith Apple (Malus x 'Granny Smith') - Pest

Modern-day cultivars are less disease prone than older varieties. Malus plants are most vulnerable to cedar-apple rust, apple scab, and fireblight. Other problems include crown and fruit rot, brown fruit rot, heart rot, mushroom root rot, and cankers. Common pests are fruit worms, Japanese beetle, caterpillars, scale insects, aphids, wood boreres, skeletonizers, and leaf rollers.

Granny Smith Apple (Malus x 'Granny Smith') - Interesting facts

Fruits produced by some species of Malus, including the Crabapples, are too sour to eat raw and work best in ciders. Smoking food on Apple wood gives the food a good flavor.Granny Smith Apples originated in Australia in 1868, when Maria Ann Smith started using the apples to make apple pie that were from a tree growing from a garbage heap on her property. Granny Smith Apples were not introduced to America until the early 1970's. They do well being cooked or eaten fresh. The Granny Smith Apple was adopted by Apple Records as their symbol.