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Apple varieties, United States

Redgold

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

Raised in Cashmere, Washington, USA by F.A. Schell. Introduced in 1946. Fruits have tender, yellow flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Redgold United States, by 1946
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Richared Delicious United States, about 1915
  - Sport of Delicious United States, 1872
    - Parent Winesap United States, by 1817

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

Sources

Redgold (accession 1951 - 025), 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 (early october); the other names.