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Overview

Characteristics

Nutrition Information

Overview

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The Granny Smith green apple is a tip-bearing apple cultivar, which 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 Malus sylvestris, the European Wild Apple, with the domestic apple M. domestica as the polliniser. The fruit has hard, light green skin and a crisp, juicy flesh.

 

Granny Smiths go from being yellow to turning completely green. The acidity mellows significantly, and it then takes on a balanced flavor.

 

Granny Smith Apples

Characteristics

There is only one word to describe the flavor of Granny Smith: acidic. It is an uncompromising crisp hard apple with a very sharp taste. However, served slightly chilled it can also be very refreshing, and works well in salads.  The flavor sweetens in storage. Nevertheless, its share of the international market is on the decline, with supermarkets preferring to sell bi-colored varieties with a sweeter flavor.

 

Granny Smith was one of the original staple supermarket varieties, and one of the first international varieties, a role for which it was well suited. The tough skin and amazing keeping qualities meant it could easily be shipped around the world. It requires a warm climate to ripen properly, and performs well in the main apple-growing regions of the southern hemisphere.  In the northern hemisphere it is grown in France and the warmer zones of North America.  The trademark apple-green skin requires warm days and nights - we have seen Granny Smiths grown at a relatively high altitude in central France which develop a blush because of the cold night temperatures towards the end of the growing season.

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 medium (2-3/4" dia)

 

Amount Per Serving

Calories from Fat 2Calories 72

 

% Daily Values*

Total Fat 0.23g  0%

   Saturated Fat 0.039g 0%

   Polyunsaturated Fat 0.07g

   Monounsaturated Fat 0.01g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 1mg 0%

Potassium 148mg

Total Carbohydrate 19.06g 6%

   Dietary Fiber 3.3g 13%

   Sugars 14.34g

 

Protein 0.36g

 

Vitamin A 1%  Vitamin C 8%

Calcium 1%  Iron 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

 

Nutrition Values are based on USDA Nutrient Database SR18

 

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