Golden White
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
GOLDEN WHITE
Origin and History
A Russian apple received for testing at the New York Station from T. H. Hoskins, Newport, Vermont, in 1888. The variety was not found desirable for cultivation in New York.
Tree
Tree rather small and a slow grower. Branches short and stout; form spreading and open. Twigs short, curved, and stout with large terminal buds and short internodes. Bark dull brown mingled with olive-green and coated with gray scarf-skin, heavily pubescent. Lenticels scattering, large, and oval or elongated in shape, with raised surfaces. Buds large, prominent, broad, plump, and obtuse; free and much pubescent. The tree comes into bearing rather young and yields full crops biennially.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Oblate inclined to conic, flattened at the base, ribbed.
Stem: Small to medium.
Cavity: Small, acuminate, narrow, moderately shallow, and russeted.
Calyx: Open or partly open.
Basin: Large, irregular, moderately deep, and wrinkled.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, nearly overlaid with red and striped with carmine. Dots numerous, large, and light colored. Prevailing effect red or striped red.
Calyx Tube: Large, cone-shaped to funnel-form.
Core: Medium size, somewhat abaxile. Cells usually symmetrical, closed or partly open. Core lines clasping.
Carpels: Roundish, emarginate, tufted.
Seeds: Above medium size, plump, wide, and obtuse.
Flesh: White with faint salmon tinge, fine-grained, moderately juicy, subacid in flavor. Quality fair or sometimes good.
Season
September and October.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)GOLDEN WHITE.
REFERENCES. 1. Gibb, Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1883:447. 2. Brodie, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1885:72. 3. Hoskins, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886:221. 4. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1885-7:16. 5. Can. Hort., 13:157, 332. 1890. 6. Beach and Paddock, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:252. 1895. 7. Beach, W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1896:50. 8. Buad-Hansen, 1903:91.
SYNONYMS. Bed Solotofskaja (1). GOLDEN WHITE (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). No. 978 (3, 5, 8). No. 979 (8). No. 981 (8).
Fruit of medium size, greenish-yellow, streaked with bright red in the sun, subacid, fair quality; season September. The tree comes into bearing rather young, and yields full crops biennially. Evidently not desirable for planting in New York.
Historical. A Russian apple received for testing at this Station from T. H. Hoskins, Newport, Vt., in 1888.
TREE.
Tree rather small, a slow grower with short, stout branches. Form spreading, open. Twigs short, curved, stout, with large terminal buds; internodes short. Bark dull brown mingled with olive-green, coated with gray scarf-skin; heavily pubescent. Lenticels scattering, large, oval or elongated, raised. Buds large, prominent, broad, plump, obtuse, free, much pubescent.
FRUIT.
Fruit medium size. Form oblate inclined to conic, flattened at the base, ribbed. Stem small to medium. Cavity small, acuminate, narrow, moderately shallow, russeted. Calyx open or partly open. Basin large, irregular, moderately deep, wrinkled. Skin greenish-yellow nearly overlaid with red and striped with carmine. Dots numerous, large, light. Prevailing effect red or striped red. Calyx tube large, cone-shape to funnel-form. Core medium size, somewhat abaxile; cells usually symmetrical, closed or partly open; core lines clasping. Carpels roundish, emarginate, tufted. Seeds above medium, plump, wide, obtuse. Flesh white with faint salmon tinge, fine-grained, moderately juicy, subacid, fair or sometimes good in quality. Season September and October.