Golden Delicious Apple – Trialing Additional Info – Starting March 2023
A colleague suggested the following varieties, many of which are patented in US and Czechoslovakia. not just ‘clones’ of GD, also the 1st generation of ‘crosses’.
I am sure this list will get bigger and will change over the coming months and years.
Understanding of the column headed by MOTHER x FATHER, is that the Mother is the variety that has been pollinated and produced the fruit. Whereas the Father is the pollen donor, that has pollinated the Mother tree. Many of the mother/father varieties are in themselves test or trialling varieties, and only have reference numbers as the variety name. That is they show promise and have good characteristics. The seed produced by the mother fruit are harvested, and sown and then grown on. For further reading on pollenation and breeding, have a good read of INBREEDING IN MODERN APPLE CULTIVATION by Hans-Joachim Bannier
An extract from this book highlights the importance of Golden Delicious “By far the most common used `ancestor variety´ for breeding is Golden Delicious (347 times crossed into a total of 255 of the examined 500 varieties), followed by McIntosh (252 times cross-bred into 174 varieties), Jonathan (167 times crossed into 154 varieties) and Cox Orange (157 times crossed into 150 varieties). Following this is Red Delicious (95 crosses in 90 varieties) and James Grieve (101 crosses in 75 species)“
The below list of varieties also includes those varieties as listed in the above books APPENDIX But only 1st generation crosses.
Skin colour has been included, but is only to be used as a rough guide. Colour is very dependant on the weather, soil conditions etc etc. Some years colour maybe red but the next year only red hue.
| VARIETY NAME | SKIN COLOUR | MOTHER x FATHER |
| Andego | red skinned | HL A28/39 (Antonovka as) x Golden Delicious |
| Alexis | ?? | Golden Delicious x Unknown |
| Ariwa | red skinned | Golden Delicious × A849-5 |
| BioGolden | yellow/orange skinned | UEB x GOLDEN DELICIOUS |
| Bohemia | red skinned | mutation of Rubín |
| Brock | red skinned | Golden Delicious x McIntosh |
| Creston | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x NJ 381049 |
| Dalila (CZ 1993) | red skinned | James Grieve Red x Golden Delicious |
| Dalitron | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x Pilot |
| Danxia | red skinned | Golden Delicious × Unkown |
| Deliga | red skinned | Golden Delicious x Gascoigne Scharlachroter (Šarlatový) |
| Delor | red skinned | Golden Delicious x Lord Lambourne |
| Desert (Dezert) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x Cox Orange |
| Doris | red skinned | Golden Delicious x James Grieve |
| Dublet | red skinned | Golden Delicious x Jonathon |
| Earlygold | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × Unkown |
| Earlysmith | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × Granny Smith |
| Ein Shemer (IL 1963) | yellow/orange skinned | Zabidani (Lokale Varietät) × Golden Delicious |
| Elan | red skinned | Golden Delicious × James Grieve |
| FAW 3936 (CH) | ?? | Golden Delicious × Glockenapfel |
| Fushuai (Fu shuai) (CN 1977) | ?? | Early McIntosh × Golden Delicious |
| Golden Dream | yellow/orange skinned | clone of Golden Delicious |
| Golden Italia | yellow/orange skinned | mutation of Golden Delicious |
| Golden Nugget | red skinned | Golden Russet × Cox Orange |
| Goldensheen #2 | yellow/orange skinned | mutation of Goldensheen |
| Goldjon | ?? | Golden Delicious × Jonathan |
| Goldsmith (ZA 1975) | yellow/orange skinned | Granny Smith × Golden Delicious |
| Goldsweet (CZ) | ?? | Golden Delicious × Topaz |
| Goro (CH 1951/73) | red skinned | Golden Delicious × Schweizer Orangenapfel |
| Greencats (Columnar) (D 2009) | yellow/orange skinned | Tuscan x Golden Delicious |
| Hatsuaki (J 1939/76) | red skinned | Jonathan × Golden Delicious |
| Hein | yellow/orange skinned | ? |
| Horei (J) | yellow/orange skinned | Ralls Janet × Golden Delicious |
| Huaguan syn. Autumn Glory (CN 1988) | red skinned | Golden Delicious × Fuji |
| Huahong (CN) | ?? | Golden Delicious × Hui |
| IDLELESS (HL 1711) | yellow/orange skinned | Idared x Discovery |
| Iduna (CH 1971) | ?? | Golden Delicious × Glockenapfel |
| Ingol (D 1954/64/75) | red skinned | Ingrid Marie × Golden Delicious |
| Jantar (CZ) | yellow/orange skinned | Jonathan × Golden Delicious |
| Jarka (CZ) | red skinned | Golden Delicious x Lord Lambourne |
| Jonadel (USA 1928/58) | red skinned | Jonathan × Golden Delicious |
| Keystone Syn. Gourmet Golden (USA 1990) | yellow/orange skinned | Red Delicious × Golden Delicious |
| Kizuri | red skinned | Golden Delicious × NY75413-30 |
| Kogetsu (J 1981) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × Jonathan |
| Ligolina (P) | yellow/orange skinned | Linda × Golden Delicious |
| Lucky Rose Golden | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious open pollinated |
| Luna | yellow/orange skinned | TOPAZ x GOLDEN DELICIOUS |
| Margol (D 1968) | ?? | Ingrid Marie × Golden Delicious |
| Marnica (Mutante von Jonagored) | red skinned | Golden Delicious × Jonathan |
| McLicious (USA 1957/63) | ?? | Early McIntosh × Golden Delicious |
| Meran | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x Morgenduft |
| Melinda Golden P.D.O | yellow/orange skinned | |
| Mitchgla (NZ) | red skinned | Kidds Orange × Golden Delicious |
| Morning Mist™ (Fugachee Fuji cv.) | red skinned | mutation of its parent “Fuji” |
| Murasaki (J 1948) | red skinned | Jonathan × Golden Delicious (od. Gold. Del. × Indo?) |
| NC1 | yellow/orange skinned | Cox’s Orange Pippin x Golden Delicious |
| NJ 55 | yellow/orange skinned | NJ 303955 x Golden Delicious |
| NJ109 | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x NJ88 |
| Nordgold (D) | ?? | Gelber Richard × Golden Delicious |
| Orei syn. Kinrei (J) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × Red Delicious |
| Orion | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x Ottawa |
| Piflora (D 1995/96/99) | yellow/orange skinned | Idared × Golden Delicious |
| Pirella Syn. Pirol (D 1992/96/98) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × Alkmene |
| Polka (Columnar)(Syn. Trajan)(GB 1976/86/87) | red skinned | Golden Delicious × McIntosh |
| Primgold (F) | yellow/orange skinned | Prima x Golden Delicious |
| Primiera syn. Co-op 42 (USA/I 1995) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × COOP 17 |
| Produkta (CZ) | ?? | HL 28-39 × Golden Delicious Spurtype |
| Qinguan (CN 1970) | red skinned | Golden Delicious × (Ralls Janet × Red Delicious) |
| Rafzubin | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x Cox’s Orange |
| Rebella (D 1997/98) | red skinned | Golden Delicious × Remo |
| Red Jonagold | red skinned | Jonathan x Golden Delicious |
| Roumyana (BG 1990) | ?? | Golden Delicious × Jonathan |
| Ruby | red skinned | Golden Delicious x Lord Lambourne |
| Sampion | red skinned | Golden Deliciuos x Cox’s orange |
| Sampion Reno 2 | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x Cox’s orange |
| Shamrock (CDN 1970/86) | yellow/orange skinned | McIntosh Spur × Golden Delicious Starkspur |
| Shin Indo (J) | yellow/orange skinned | Indo × Golden Delicious |
| Shinano Gold (J 1970) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × Senshu |
| Shinano Red (J 1970) | red skinned | Golden Delicious × Akane |
| Shinsey (J) | ?? | Golden Delicious × Early McIntosh |
| SIRIUS | yellow/orange skinned | GOLDEN DELICIOUS x TOPAZ |
| Skifskoe (UA 1984) | ?? | Golden Delicious × Wagener |
| Suncrisp | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x Cox Orange Pippin |
| Summerland (CDN 1926/50/69) | red skinned | McIntosh × Golden Delicious |
| Sundance (Coop 29, USA 2004) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × 1050 N J1 |
| Svatava (CZ) | red skinned | Golden Delicious × Zuchtklon |
| Toko (J 1939/64) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious × Indo |
| Vitan | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x hybrid TE – 317 |
| Waltz (Columnar)(GB 1976/86/87) Syn. Telamon | red skinned | McIntosh × Golden Delicious |
| Y101 (Kissabel® Orange) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x SJ109 |
| Y102 (Kissabel® Jaune) | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x SJ109 |
| Y103 (Kissabel® Orange | yellow/orange skinned | Golden Delicious x SJ109 |