Golden Supreme*

• Strains:

• Parentage: Chance seedling

• Tree vigor: Medium vigor

• Bloom Mid to late season

• Fruit

  • Size: Medium
  • Skin color: Yellow with a

pink orange blush

• Flesh color: Cream
• Shape: Oval to conic
• Uses: All-purpose

• Harvest date: Sept to late Oct depending on location (125- 140 DAFB)

• Storage: Good

• Advantages: Similar to Golden Delicious, but ripens 1 to 2 weeks earlier, annual bearing habit; less likely to russet than standard Golden; biennial bearing tendency

• Disadvantages: Uneven ripening, may require multiple harvest; needs more information on disease susceptibility; needs more testing in Vermont

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