Common Name: Apple Golden Delicious (Dessert)Latin Name: Malus domestica ‘Golden Delicious’Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: May/WhiteFruit picking time: Late OctoberFruit size/colour: Medium/Greenish or golden yellowPollination group: *4*Golden Delicious is one of the most widely grown apples throughout the world. It has medium sized, round-conical to oblong fruit. Greenish yellow skin ripening to golden yellow with occasional russet patches. Cream coloured flesh. Crisp and juicy, with a very sweet refreshing taste when first picked. Excellent keeping qualities but tending to lose some texture and flavour in storage. Keeps its shape when cooked and is the most commonly used apple for pastries in France.To guarantee cross pollination plant in a sunny, open site with another tree from the same flowering group (e.g. ‘Royal Gala’)