"Granny Smith" is credited with producing the first "Granny Smith" green apple. Born 1799 in Peasmarsh, England, she married Thomas Smith when she was 19. They emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales in 1838, along with their 5 children. They settled in Ryde, then a satellite village of Sydney, an area of orange, apple and nectarine orchards. In 1855 they bought a 24 hectare farm. Experimenting with French Crab apples she had obtained from Tasmania, she developed the apple variety from seedlings that were a mutation. Though never a commercial success in her lifetime, the variety now bears her name around the world.
"Granny Smith" is credited with producing the first "Granny Smith" green apple. Born 1799 in Peasmarsh, England, she married Thomas Smith when she was 19. They emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales in 1838, along with their 5 children. They settled in Ryde, then a satellite village of Sydney, an area of orange, apple and nectarine orchards. In 1855 they bought a 24 hectare farm. Experimenting with French Crab apples she had obtained from Tasmania, she developed the apple variety from seedlings that were a mutation. Though never a commercial success in her lifetime, the variety now bears her name around the world.
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