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Golden Delicious Apple

The Golden Delicious apple is a fantastic apple when home grown and left on the tree to ripen properly. It is a great fall apple.

Excellent for: Fresh eating; Baking; Sauce

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History: Around 1905, Anderson Mullins, a farmer in Clay County, West Virginia discovered the Golden Delicious apple. The seed that sprouted the Golden Delicious was most likely from the Grimes Golden and pollinized by a Golden Reinette.

Parentage: A seedling possibly from Grimes Golden x Golden Reinette

Pollination:

Bloom Time: Mid/late season

Ploidy: Diploid

Good Pollinators:

Calville Blanc d'Hiver

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Esopus Spitzenberg Apple

Fuji Apple

Honeycrisp Apple

Winter Banana Apple

Harvest Time: October

Fruit Size: Medium, conical

Flavor: Sweet

Storage (refrigerated): 3-4 months

Disease Resistance:

Cedar apple rust: Some susceptibility

Fireblight: Some susceptibility

Mildew: Very susceptible

Scab: Some susceptibility

Golden Delicious

Dessert apple

A chance seedling found in 1890 by A.H. Mullins, Clay County, West Virginia, USA. It was introduced in 1914 by Stark Brothers. Fruits have crisp, sweet, juicy flesh with a good aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:

Arany delicious, Delicios auriu, Stark Golden Delicious, Yellow Delicious, Zlatna prevazhodna, Zolotoe prevoshodnoe.

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