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
James Grieve (Australian translator) James Grieve (Australian translator) James Grieve (born 1934) is an Australian translator of French literature and an author. His translations have included scientific works, books for children and two volumes of Marcel Proust's "À la recherche du temps perdu" (ANU, 1982 and Penguin, London, 2002). Grieve's translated second part of Proust's 7-part "Remembrance of Things Past" is the first completely new English translation since the 1920s. There were six other translators working on the other parts, for this project by Penguin. Grieve's Penguin translation received positive review from Alain de Botton who remarked: "... if one ends up with a