James Grieve (apple) James Grieve (apple) James Grieve is an old variety of apple. It gets its name from its breeder, James Grieve, who raised the apple from pollination of a Pott's Seedling or a Cox's Orange Pippin apple in Edinburgh, Scotland some time before 1893. This is a savoury, juicy apple with strong acidity at first, which then mellows as the fruit matures during September, but the flesh softens soon thereafter. When picked early, it makes a sweet and delicate stewed apple, but then can be used as a dessert apple. James Grieve apples used to be grown all over Europe and
William Ashmead Courtenay William Ashmead Courtenay William Ashmead Courtenay was the forty-sixth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two terms from 1879 to 1887. He was born on February 4, 1831, a son of Edward S. Courtenay. From 1850 to 1860 he was occupied in the publishing and book selling business. In 1860, he accepted a position as the business manager for "The Charleston Mercury," a leading political newspaper of South Carolina. He joined the Confederate military in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War. Following the war, Courtenay was destitute, and he worked in Newberry, South Carolina, shuttling materials via wagon to