Golden Delicious is a
cultivar of
apple. The cultivar arose from a
chance seedling, possibly a hybrid of
Grimes Golden and
Golden Reinette. The original tree was found on the family farm of J. M. Mullins in
Clay County, West Virginia, and was locally known as Mullins' Yellow Seedling. Mullins sold the tree and propagation rights to
Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards for $5000, which first marketed it as a companion of their
Red Delicious in 1914 (although the two cultivars are not closely related). Golden Delicious is one of the fifteen most popular apple cultivars in the United States in 2008, popular for eating as well as in
salads,
apple sauces, and
apple pies. This photograph of one whole and one halved Golden Delicious apple was
focus-stacked from six images.Photograph credit:
Ivar Leidus
Golden Delicious is a
cultivar of
apple. The cultivar arose from a
chance seedling, possibly a hybrid of
Grimes Golden and
Golden Reinette. The original tree was found on the family farm of J. M. Mullins in
Clay County, West Virginia, and was locally known as Mullins' Yellow Seedling. Mullins sold the tree and propagation rights to
Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards for $5000, which first marketed it as a companion of their
Red Delicious in 1914 (although the two cultivars are not closely related). Golden Delicious is one of the fifteen most popular apple cultivars in the United States in 2008, popular for eating as well as in
salads,
apple sauces, and
apple pies. This photograph of one whole and one halved Golden Delicious apple was
focus-stacked from six images.Photograph credit:
Ivar Leidus