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 b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Height
53.00 mm b
Width
67.00 mm b
Ribbing
absent b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Russet
low b
Firmness
firm b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Yellowish b
Accession name
Golden Bounty
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register