The spur-type Granny Smiths Granspur and Greenspur were discovered at the Calvin Cooper orchard at Brewster, Washington, and patented in 1979 and 1980 respectively. Shown is a page from a Van Well Nursery catalog of the early 1980s. The green, tart Granny Smith apple had been around for more than a century by the time it became popular in the United States in the 1970s. Maria Ann Smith, after whom the apple is named, was born in England in 1800. She and her husband, Thomas, and their six children emigrated to Australia in 1838 and settled near Sydney in New […]