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Lysgolden
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
An irradiated mutation of Golden Delicious having some resistance to russet. It was developed at the National Institute of Agricultural Research, Angers, France and was introduced in 1977. Fruits have crisp, sweet, juicy flesh with a good aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Golden Delicious
Accession No.
1978 - 343
- Accession name
- Lysgolden
- Flowering time ›››
- 11th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Conical 1
- Height
- 76.33 mm 1
- Width
- 74.59 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019