Variety profile
Apple ‚Golden Delicious’
Malus domestica · Rosaceae
- Ripening
- spät
- Harvest
- Week 40 to 42
- Vigour
- mittel
- Origin
- USA
- Introduced
- 1890
- Storage life
- 4 months
- Pollination group
- C
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Tafel, Lager, Backen
- Pollinator
- Elstar, James Grieve, Gala, Cox Orange
- Rootstock
- M9, M26, MM106
- Disease resistance
- Mehltau: gering, Schorf: gering
About this variety
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You will find ‚Golden Delicious’ to be a gold‑yellow classic from West Virginia, parent of countless modern varieties such as ‚Gala’ and ‚Jonagold’. It is a reliable self‑pollinator in the broad sense and an excellent pollen donor for many other apple varieties. In dry, warm sites it develops the typical honey‑sweet, slightly rough skin; however, it is prone to scab and powdery mildew.
You will taste a mild, very sweet and juicy apple with a fine honey note and almost no acidity. It is soft, easy to digest and impresses fresh, like in a cake.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
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