Provisional fixture data

Golden Delicious

Soft, mellow, fragrant

Sweet-leaning, soft, and yellow-skinned in the provisional set. Its scores place it against the other apples here, not against a measurement.

Illustration of a Golden Delicious apple
Illustration, not a reference photograph

Provisional data

The scores, tasting note, keeping class, rarity, and use tags on this profile on this site are unsourced placeholders, not measurements or tested advice. Nothing here has been tasted, verified, or reviewed. Values may change or be replaced once research and editorial review land.

Sensory profile

(1 = low, 5 = high)

Sweetness
4/5 (4 of 5, provisional)
Tartness
2/5 (2 of 5, provisional)
Crispness
2/5 (2 of 5, provisional)
Juiciness
3/5 (3 of 5, provisional)
Aroma
4/5 (4 of 5, provisional)

Flavor profile

The same five scores, charted

  • Sweetness: 4 of 5, provisional
  • Tartness: 2 of 5, provisional
  • Crispness: 2 of 5, provisional
  • Juiciness: 3 of 5, provisional
  • Aroma: 4 of 5, provisional

These five numbers are illustrative 1-5 positions invented for this build. They are not measurements, not a tasting panel's result, and not published advice.

At a glance

Keeping class
Medium keeper A relative class, not a storage time
Rarity
1 of 5 1 is common, 5 is unusual
Skin color
Yellow
Best for
  • Fresh
  • Pie
  • Kids
  • Cheese

Provisional use tags, not tested advice

Not yet sourced

Expected on a finished profile, left unset rather than invented. The cited history note below is limited context, not a full origin and parentage record, and cites nothing on this profile's fixture values.

Regional harvest window
Not yet sourced
Actual storage duration
Not yet sourced
Nutrient amounts
Not yet sourced

General guides: How to store apples, Apple nutrition

Cited history

Origin and parentage context

A chance seedling discovered in Clay County, West Virginia. Its parentage was not a recorded controlled cross.

Source

  • West Virginia University Extension, Apple Trees, 2022-10-01.

These sources support only the history stated here. They do not source the provisional scores, tasting note, keeping class, rarity, or use tags on this profile.

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