Golden Harvey
Dessert / Cider apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in the 1600s in Herefordshire. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellow flesh with a sweet, rich, aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Bradley's Golden Pippin, Brandy, Brandy Apple, Guernsey Pippin, Harvey Dore, Harvey's Gold Apfel, Harvey's Goldapfel, Herefordshire Golden Harvey, Round Russet Harley, Round Russet Harvey, The Harvey Apple
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Westhope)
Accession No.
1954 - 024
- Accession name
- Golden Harvey
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering 19th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- small 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Height
- 42.17 mm 1
- Width
- 48.98 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- absent 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- very high 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 1

- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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