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 / / / 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.