Idagold
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Leif Verner, Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho, USA. It was selected in 1939 and introduced in 1944. Fruits have fine, soft flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Esopus Spitzenburg x Wagener
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Oblong 2
Height
55.00 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
strong 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Firmness
soft 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Idagold
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register