Golden Delicious
syn. Arany delicious, Delicios auriu, Stark Golden Delicious, Yellow Delicious, Zlatna prevazhodna, Zolotoe prevoshodnoe
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 4 accessions
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.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1968-070 · Golden Delicious (Vinson)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 1969-019 · Golden Delicious
- Picking time
- late october
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 1974-346 · Golden Delicious (LA 65A)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Ground colour
- Yellow
Accession 1979-162 · Golden Delicious (EMLA 1)
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oblong
- Width
- 70.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 67.00 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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