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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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