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
Jeff Grieve Jeff Grieve Flight Sergeant Jeffrey James Grieve (27 January 1918 – 8 November 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Originally from McKinnon, Grieve made 11 appearances for South Melbourne, which all came in the 1941 VFL season. He was a second cousin of Carlton player Ollie Grieve. Grieve, who worked as a baker, enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942. On 8 November 1944, Grieve was one of seven men on board a bomber (Halifax LK901), which crashed during a cross-country training exercise. The plane took off