Ashmead's Kernel Ashmead's Kernel Ashmead's Kernel is a triploid cultivar of apple. Traditionally Ashmead's Kernel was thought to be diploid but a poor pollinator. Ashmead's Kernel is often reported as having been raised by Dr Ashmead in Gloucester, England in the 18th century. However Christine Leighton of the Gloucestershire Orchard Group suggests that the originator may have been William Ashmead, a lawyer who died in 1782. This dessert apple is of medium size, on average 83mm in diameter on vigorous rootstock and has a flat round shape. The base colour of the apple is greenish yellow, yet has a dull russet colour
Ronald Grieve on the federal council from 1947 to 1956. Grieve was knighted in 1958. He died at Gosford in 1982. Ronald Grieve Sir Herbert Ronald Robinson Grieve (6 June 1896 – 1 July 1982) was an Australian politician. He was born in Watsons Bay to Gideon James Grieve and Julia Australia Robinson. He attended Sydney Grammar School before studying medicine at the University of Sydney, subsequently running a medical practice in Earlwood and Dulwich Hill. From 1932 to 1934 he was a United Australia Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was a member of the New South