Dorsett Golden
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in the Bahamas in 1953 at the home of Mrs Irene Dorsett, Nassau, New Providence Islands. It was introduced in 1964. Fruits are sweet and juicy with a light aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 15th May (10%) · 19th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 77.03 mm
- Height
- 74.30 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Juiciness
- dry
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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