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Apple varieties, United States

Blushing Golden

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Discovered by R. Griffith, Cobden, Illinois, USA. Introduced in 1968 by Stark Bros. Fruits have firm, yellow, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.

Where Blushing Golden came from.

Sources

Blushing Golden (accession 1975 - 179), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late october).