Magnolia Gold
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Discovered in the 1960s by W.J. Wilson, Magnolia Farms, Fort Valley, Georgia, USA. Introduced in 1970. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 14th May (10%) · 18th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- very weak
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 60.16 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 53.38 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- mottled/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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