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Sungold
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found in 1960 by Alfred & Anthony Caggiano at Bridgetown, New Jersey, USA. Resembles Golden Delicious but has little or no russet.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Golden Delicious x Red Delicious
Accession No.
1969 - 054
- Accession name
- Sungold
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Truncate conical 1
- Height
- 65.88 mm 1
- Width
- 69.39 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium-strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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