James Grieve (apple) were delivered to the city markets via train or horse-and-cart, but because they bruised easily they had to be carefully packed in laundry-type wicker baskets filled with straw. The fruit cannot sustain modern supermarket handling, and so they are now only grown in gardens and for direct sale to consumers. Nonetheless, James Grieve is considered a good apple because it is exceptionally tasty, it produces fruit every year, it is disease-resistant, and it is a good polleniser for other apples. It may drop early in warm weather. It is also a good apple for making apple juice. James Grieve (apple)
Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer (E.F.A. Schaeffer) (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1812 and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1892), was the founder of the Lutheran Home at Germantown for Orphans and an active leader of many ministries of the Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. She was the wife of Rev. Charles William Schaeffer and mother of four children. Elizabeth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 16, 1812 in the Germantown area. Her parents were James Ashmead and Eve Frey (Fry). Elizabeth was baptized at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Germantown on May 18, 1812.