Golden Bounty

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1940 by A.C. Nash, Scutes Farm, Hastings. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a rich and subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Emneth Early

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Height
53.00 mm 2

Width
67.00 mm 2

Ribbing
absent 2

Ground Colour
Yellow 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Russet
low 2

Firmness
firm 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2

Accession No.
1961 - 041   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Golden Bounty

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register