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Apple varieties, United States

Clear Gold

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

A sport of Golden Delicious. Originated in Worley’s Nursery, York Springs, PA, U.S.A. Fruits have fairly crisp, juicy flesh with a good flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Clear Gold United States
- Sport of Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804

Where Clear Gold came from. The lines lead to its parents: Golden Delicious (United States).

Sources

Clear Gold (accession 1976 - 123), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late october).