Golden Delicious
Also known as Arany delicious +7
Arany delicious · Delicios auriu · Stark Golden Delicious · Yellow Delicious · Zlatna prevazhodna · Zolotoe prevoshodnoe · Lebnani Zard · لبنانی زرد
A yellow dessert apple that became a parent to many later varieties.
Origin · Clay County, West Virginia, United States
Released 1914
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- high
- Scent
- Aromatic.
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert apple
Choose an apple for the combination of traits you enjoy, not sweetness or looks alone.
sensory study · Apples grown in the Drina Valley; consumer test in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Read the evidence
Different sensory attributes favored different cultivars. Topaz scored well for flavor and sourness, and Golden Delicious for appearance and sweetness, while the paper concludes that overall liking and juiciness did not differ significantly. The measured soluble-solids values also did not differ significantly among cultivars.
- Fruit tested
- Commercial maturity; stored at 2±1°C and 95% relative humidity, then 24 hours at room temperature before assessment
- Growing conditions
- MM106 rootstock, integrated production with minimum pesticide use
- Varieties compared
- Topaz, Florina, Goldstar, Golden Orange, Golden Delicious clone Reinders
- Use studied
- Fresh eating
- Published
- 2021
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour OrangeBackground colour Yellow
- Flesh
- Yellowish
- Shape
- Oblong
- Size
- mediumWidth 70.00 mmHeight 67.00 mm
Harvest & storage
- Harvest
- early
region: Region in United States
treefruit.wsu.edu ↗Context & source
- /observation/region
- Region in United States
- /observation/method
- extension_description
- Ripening
- At harvest, the background changes from dark green to pale green or yellow-green.
region: Region in United States
postharvest.ucdavis.edu ↗Context & source
- /observation/region
- Region in United States
- /observation/method
- extension_description
Origin & family
Where Golden Delicious began
Recorded origin
Clay County, West Virginia
United States
- Released
- 1914
Family tree
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On the label
Produce label codes recorded for Golden Delicious
Organic labels add a leading 9.
Field notes
Original source notes
- size
- medium · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- shape
- conical · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flesh colour
- yellownationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- sweetness
- high · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- texture
- crisp, juicy · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- aroma
- Aromatic. · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- season timing
- early · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- skin colour ripe
- yellow · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- ripeness cue
- At harvest, the background changes from dark green to pale green or yellow-green. · Californiapostharvest.ucdavis.edu ↗
Fruit & tree
- size
- medium
- type
- Dessert
- shape
- Oblong
- width
- 70.00 mm
- crunch
- crisp
- height
- 67.00 mm
- russet
- low
- 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
- ribbing
- medium
- synonyms
- Arany delicious, Delicios auriu, Stark Golden Delicious, Yellow Delicious, Zlatna prevazhodna, Zolotoe prevoshodnoe
- father to
- Imperial Gala Spencer Ivette Shin Indo Horei Spigold Rubin Hatsuaki Gala Greensleeves Summerland Ingol
- 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
- parentage
- Grimes Golden x Unknown
- over colour
- Orange
- flesh colour
- Yellowish
- ground colour
- Yellow
Photos
Photograph: Frank C. Müller , Frankfurt am MainCC BY-SA 4.0 Sechs Ansichten von Äpfeln der Sorte Golden Delicious