Etter's Gold

Origin and History

Etter's Gold was received by the USDA Agricultural Research Service from the California Nursery Company, Niles, California, and documented in H.H. Fisher's 1963 survey of apple clones in the United States. It was assigned USDA station number A48102 and evaluated at multiple U.S. horticultural research stations.

Fruit

Size and Form Above medium size, round-oblate in shape.

Skin Yellow.

Flesh Firm, cream-colored, slightly acid. Flavor described as fair.

Season Early October.

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes or Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Etter's Gold was evaluated at the following reporting stations: WyC (U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming), OhW (Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio), NyG (Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York), NjB (Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey), and OrC (Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon).