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Redgold
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in Cashmere, Washington, USA by F.A. Schell. Introduced in 1946. Fruits have tender, yellow flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Stark Redgold
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Golden Delicious x Richared Delicious
- Shape
- Ellipsoid 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 57.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Pink 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1951 - 025
- Accession name
- Redgold
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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