Variety sheet
Golden Delicious
Fruit Golden Delicious
Origin
Chance seedling, probably a cross between Grimes Golden x Golden Reinette
Synonyms
n. a.
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: medium, diploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity strong, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 2-0 Week before Golden Delicious, 0-2 Week after Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: large, wide globular-conoid, frustum conoid 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour whitish-yellow; Overcolour red, washed out; little (25%) 
Susceptibility to russeting: low rustiness in the calyx/eye basin and/or in the stalk cavity(<5%) 
Firmness of the pulp: 6,6-7,0 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: medium oxidation 
Sugar content: 11,5-13,0 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 3,8-5,1 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: in the peel: 246,3 ± 35,2 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 64,4 ± 6,5 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW 
TAC1: in the peel: 293,7 ± 42,8 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 154,4 ± 13,6 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: in the peel: 11,2 ± 2,5 mg/100 g FW; in the pulp: 1,3 ± 0,3 mg/100 g FW 
Pectin1: in the pulp: 0,7 ± 0,2 g/100g FW 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 4 Months 
Characteristics: n. a. 
Juice production
Yield: yield low  
Stability of the colour: average oxidation after juice production 
Sugar content: 11,4 °Brix 
Acid content: 3,3 g/L MA 
pH: 3,71 
Total content of Polyphenols: 19,5 ± 1,8 mg Catechin/100 mL juice 
TAC: 26,7 ± 0,4 mg Trolox/100 mL juice 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: 1,25 ± 0,01 mg/L juice 

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1 after two months of normal cool storage
2 only for red fleshed varieties