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Apple varieties, United States

Doud Golden Delicious

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

Tetraploid. A sport of Golden Delicious having much larger fruit. It was discovered by Lorne J. Doud, Wabash, Indiana, USA. Recorded in 1952. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a good aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Doud Golden Delicious United States, by 1952
- Sport of Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804

Offspring in the atlas

Sir Prize × PRI 14-152; United States, 1955

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

Sources

Doud Golden Delicious (accession 1974 - 054), 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).