Golden Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
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.
- Synonyms:
- Arany delicious, Delicios auriu, Stark Golden Delicious, Yellow Delicious, Zlatna prevazhodna, Zolotoe prevoshodnoe
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Mother to:
- Telstar
- Freyberg
- Korei
- Golden Melon
- Redgold
- Shinsei
- Mutsu
- Jonagold
- Odin
- Skinlite
- Magnolia Gold
- Sungold
- Ozark Gold
- Arlet
- Elstar
- Dorsett Golden
- Dukat Spur
- Sinta
- Criterion
- Kinrei
- Dukat
- Jonagored Supra
- Goro
- Goldjon
- Honeygold
- Priolov Delises
- Tsugaru
- Chehalis
- Cloden
- Nugget
- Charden
- Kougetsu
- Father to:
- Imperial Gala
- Spencer
- Ivette
- Shin Indo
- Horei
- Spigold
- Rubin
- Hatsuaki
- Gala
- Greensleeves
- Summerland
- Ingol
- Sports:
- Golden Delicious Horst No.2
- Doud Golden Delicious
- Starkspur Golden Delicious
- Golden Auvilspur
- Lysgolden
- Clear Gold
- Goldensheen
- Goldspur
- Courtagold
- Ed Gould Golden
- Elbee
- Golden Morspur
- Lemon Pippin
- Merrigold
- Penco
- Smoothee
- Testerspur Golden Delicious
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 67.00mm 2
- Width
- 70.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1969 - 019
- Accession name
- Golden Delicious
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering 18th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
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