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Apple varieties, France

Lysgolden

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

An irradiated mutation of Golden Delicious having some resistance to russet. It was developed at the National Institute of Agricultural Research, Angers, France and was introduced in 1977. Fruits have crisp, sweet, juicy flesh with a good aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Lysgolden France, by 1977
- Sport of Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804

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

Sources

Lysgolden (accession 1978 - 343), 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).