Apple 'Golden Delicious' Malus domestica 'Golden Delicious' (D)

ABOUT
'Golden Delicious' is a dessert cultivar in pollination group 4 and a good pollinator for other apple trees. Fruit is greenish-yellow becoming yellow with age; honeyed and very sweet when well-ripened. Heavy, regular crops are produced and fruit stores well; season of use is from November to February
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Golden Delicious'
Characteristics
Foliage type
Deciduous
Height
4-8 metres
Spread
4-8 metres
Hardiness zones
H6
Light
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Pruning
Regular pruning is required - see apple pruning; spur bearing
Soil
Loam, Sand, SoilClay
Suitable locations
Hardiness zone
Wall-side Borders Cottage & Informal Garden Wildlife Gardens
Propogation
Propagate by chip budding or grafting onto a clonal rootstock for fruit. The rootstock used will largely determine the vigour of the tree
Pests
Aphids, woolly aphid, rosy apple aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, mussel scale, codling moth and caterpillars are the main pests on edible apples
Diseases
Prone to apple scab. Can be affected by apple canker, powdery mildews and honey fungus