Malus domestica Golden Delicious - Golden Delicious Apple

Malus domestica 'Golden Delicious' is a productive variety, producing apples with golden yellow skin and fine, juicy flesh, both sweet and slightly tart. It is a good eating apple and can also be cooked in desserts or served with savoury dishes. It bears fruit quickly and regularly. In order to ensure good pollination, this self-fertile variety needs to be associated with a King of the Pippins, Granny Smith, Starking Delicious, or Melrose apple tree, within a radius of 20 m to 30 m (66 ft to 98.4 ft). It is a very good pollinator. Planting is preferably done in autumn or spring for a harvest starting in autumn.

'Golden Delicious' produces medium-sized apples with golden yellow skin. The flesh, which is fine, crisp, and juicy, has a good balance, being both sweet and slightly tart. The apple can be eaten raw or cooked, in compotes, pastries, or as an accompaniment to savoury dishes such as black pudding, pork, or in salads. The harvest of Golden Delicious starts in autumn. Only keep the fruits picked from the tree. The apple can be stored with the stem facing downward, on racks or in crates. Choose a preferably completely dark, dry, cool place, but frost-free. The apples will keep for several months, until the following spring.

The 'Golden Delicious' variety, one of the most well-known, is an American variety dating back to 1890. The flowering starts in early April, with flowers that are white-pink in colour, with 5 petals. It is a very good pollinator, helping to fruit other apple trees of different varieties that are nearby. For its own fruiting, it requires the proximity of another pollinator apple tree, within a radius of 20 m to 30 m (66 ft to 98.4 ft), such as King of the Pippins, Granny Smith, Starking Delicious, or Melrose. Indeed, like many apple trees, this variety is only slightly self-fertile.

The apple tree belongs to the Rosaceae family and the genus Malus. It is a tree with a semi-erect habit, with good frost resistance, able to withstand up to -30° C (-22° F). Easy to grow, it is suitable for orchards but can also find its place in the garden, isolated on a short grass meadow or at the back of a border, thanks to its highly ornamental spring flowering. The 'Golden Delicious' Apple tree is a variety of medium to strong vigour and will reach a height of 4 m to 5 m (13.1 ft to 16.4 ft) with a similar width.