Grandpa's Early Golden Delicious is a strain of regular Golden Delicious that ripens a couple weeks ahead of normal.   Grandpa's strain is more russet resistant than the original Golden Delicious, but has all the same qualities--- large, sweet, juicy golden yellow fruit.  It is a favorite for pies, sauce, cooking, juice and all purposes.   Stores well.  Harvests early in September.

Golden Delicious is sometimes known as Yellow Delicious.  It has been a profitable apple for years for commercial growers and maybe that is why it is know known as golden.  It was one of Grandpa's and Grandma's favorites for different reasons.  Grandpa loved it defines grower friendly and Grandma loved it because it could be used in the kitchen for almost every purpose.  It started as a chance seedling of old-time Grimes Golden from West Virginia around 1900.

Golden Delicious will produce regular and heavy annual crops of fine apples if thinned properly.  Overload it with lots of small fuit and next years crop will be much less!  Thin it early and agressively.  The tree is open and spreading and easy to trim and train.  It is usually a good pollinator for other varieties, except Gala, Jonagold, and others that have known Golden Delicious heritage.  It blooms mid-late season and is quite hardy.  One of the easiest and most dependable apples to grow.

Height

12-15

Spread

10-15

Zone

5-8

Color

Bright red

Categories

Apple--- All Varieties, 

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