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Encyclopedia > Golden Delicious
'Golden Delicious'
Hybrid parentage

Parents unknown, theorized to be
'Golden Reinette' × 'Grimes Golden'
Cultivar
'Golden Delicious'
Origin
Clay County, West Virginia, 1905

The Golden Delicious is a cultivar of apple with a yellow color. It is not related to the Red Delicious apple. Mike Doughty is an American singer and songwriter. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 169 KB) Golden delecious apple fruit File links The following pages link to this file: Golden Delicious Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Cultivar infobox User talk:Guettarda/Archive12 ... This article is about a biological term. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... This article is about the fruit. ... The Red Delicious is a cultivar of apple. ...

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Appearance and flavor

Golden Delicious is a large, yellow skinned cultivar and very sweet to the taste. It is prone to bruising and shriveling, though, so it needs careful handling and storage. It is sweeter than the Granny Smith and is a favorite for salads, apple sauce, and apple butter. For the social and aesthetic aspects of taste, see taste (sociology). ... Granny Smith, or green apple, is an apple cultivar. ... This article deals with food. ... A bowl of applesauce Applesauce (or apple sauce) is made from stewed and mashed apples, sweetened to taste with sugar. ... Apple butter is a highly concentrated form of applesauce, produced by long, slow cooking of apples with cider or water to a point where the sugar in the apples caramelizes. ...


History

This very popular cultivar is a chance seedling possibly from Grimes Golden[1] and Golden Reinette. The original tree was found on the Mullins' family farm in Clay County, West Virginia and was locally known as Mullin's Yellow Seedling and Annit apple. Anderson Mullins sold the tree and propagation rights to Stark Brothers Nurseries, which first marketed it as a companion of their Red delicious in 1914. A chance seedling is the name given to a plant cultivar discovered by chance. ... Grimes Golden is a cultivar of apple originated in West Virginia in 1832 on the farm of Thomas Grimes. ... Clay County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... The Red Delicious is a cultivar of apple. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


The Golden Delicious was designated the official state fruit of West Virginia by a Senate resolution on February 20, 1955.[2] Clay County has hosted an annual Golden Delicious Festival since 1972. Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Largest metro area Charleston metro area Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ...


Season

Harvested from autumn through winter. Image File history File links GoldenDeliciousApple. ... Image File history File links GoldenDeliciousApple. ...


Notes

  1. ^ "Dunbar Man 'Discoverer' of Golden Delicious Apple" Charleston Daily Mail, October 18, 1962 (West Virginia Div. of Culture and History)
  2. ^ Golden Delicious: State Fruit of West Virginia

harvested from may to june


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Necrotic Leaf Blotch of Golden Delicious Apples, HYG-3204-98 (648 words)
Necrotic leaf blotch of Golden Delicious apples appears not to be caused by a fungus, bacterium, air pollutant, or a nutrient deficiency.
Golden Delicious trees sprayed, during the summer cover spray period, with fungicides containing mancozeb (Dithane M-45, Manzate D, Penncozeb) or Ziram tend to have less necrotic leaf blotch than unsprayed trees or trees sprayed with other fungicides.
Golden Delicious trees pruned to a central leader commonly have less necrotic leaf blotch than trees pruned to an open center.
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