Suitable for cultivation in less-than-optimal cultivation areas. Fruits are not very susceptible to rust and have very smooth skins and a very nice shape. The flesh is golden, firm, and crisp. It is sweet and exhibits a very low acid content. Somewhat less flavorful and somewhat lower yields than Golden Lb. Correct harvest time necessary.

Fruit

• medium-sized fruit
• very tall
• green basic color, turns golden when fully ripe, and green on the shade side
• skin is not very thick, very smooth, somewhat waxy, with very low tendency to rust, low number of characteristic flecks

 

Origins

• mutation of Golden Del., discovered by Reinders, Netherlands

 

Tree

• medium-hardy growth, side branches initially grow at open angles
• mid-late bloom, good pollinator, pollinators: Jonathan, Granny Smith, Gloster 69, Summerred, Ozark Gold, Red Delicious

 

Harvest

• beginning up to mid-September, as with the Golden Delicious
• when harvested at the right time, can be stored up until the end of June