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Doud Golden Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Tetraploid. A sport of Golden Delicious having much larger fruit. It was discovered by Lorne J. Doud, Wabash, Indiana, USA. Recorded in 1952. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a good aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Golden Delicious
- Mother to:
- Sir Prize
- Size
- large 2
Accession No.
1974 - 054
- Accession name
- Doud Golden Delicious (NY)
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
18th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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