The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Switzerland

Goro

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

Raised in 1951 at the Swiss Federal Research Station, Wadenswil. Named and released in 1973. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with an aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Golden Delicious Goro
Where Goro came from. The lines lead to its parents: Golden Delicious (United States) and Schweizer Orange (Switzerland).

Sources

  1. Goro (accession 1974 - 356), 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 september).