Ginger Gold
Description
We are pleased and excited to offer this ACN exclusive variety. Discovered as a chance seedling on the orchards of Clyde and Ginger Harvey of Lovingston, VA, this Golden Delicious-type apple ripens six weeks ahead of Golden Delicious and can be harvested the first week of August in Adams County. Ginger Gold exhibits all the qualities of a fall variety and ripens three weeks before McIntosh. The highest quality early season yellow dessert apple available.
Characteristics
Bloom: Mid Season
Maturity Date: August 12
Fruit Color: Yellow/Gold
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Rating (1-9) 9 being the best.
Size: 8
Keeping Qualities: 6
Resistance to Fire Blight: 4
Resistance to Apple Scab: 6
Pollination Information
Ginger Gold blooms in mid-season and will pollinate all other early blooming apple varieties, varieties blooming in the middle of the season, and also varieties blooming late in the season.
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