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Idagold

Apple

Idagold

Origin and History

Idagold is an apple variety resulting from the cross Wagener × Esopus Spitzenburg. The variety was received by the USDA from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Moscow, Idaho, and was accessioned as USDA Plant Introduction No. 159662 in 1947, received from Idaho. It was reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology at Geneva, New York; the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut; the Agricultural Experiment Station at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania; and the U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, round-conical.

Skin: Light yellow-green.

Flesh and Flavor: Semi-firm, nearly white, fair flavor.

Cavity, Basin, Calyx, Stem: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Late October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Idagold: parentage Wagener × Esopus Spitzenburg. Fruit large, round-conical, light yellow-green. Flesh semi-firm, nearly white, fair. Season late October. Received from AES, Moscow, Idaho; reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Also accessioned as USDA Plant Introduction No. 159662, received from Idaho, 1947; reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland.

— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)