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Apple varieties, United States

Sungold

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

Found in 1960 by Alfred & Anthony Caggiano at Bridgetown, New Jersey, USA. Resembles Golden Delicious but has little or no russet.

Family tree

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

Sungold United States, 1960
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Delicious United States, 1872
  - Parent Winesap United States, by 1817

Sources

Sungold (accession 1969 - 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).