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Magnolia Gold
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered in the 1960s by W.J. Wilson, Magnolia Farms, Fort Valley, Georgia, USA. Introduced in 1970. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Golden Delicious x Unknown
Accession No.
1975 - 032
- Accession name
- Magnolia Gold
- Flowering time ›››
- 14th May10% flowering
18th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 53.38 mm 1
- Width
- 60.16 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- very weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- mottled/washed out 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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