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What Is a Golden Delicious Apple?

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What Is a Golden Delicious Apple?

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A golden delicious apple is a green to yellow colored apple of American origin. The inner flesh is described as crisp, juicy, and sweet, though some critics of the apple find it bland. The golden delicious apple is a popular apple for cooking and rendering into purees and sauces as it retains a rich flavor. Originating in West Virginia, the golden delicious apple was a chance seedling on the Mullins family farm. It is theorized to be a hybrid of the “Golden Reinette” and the “Grimes Golden” varieties of apple. The propagation rights were sold to Stark Brothers Nurseries, who purchased the tree and the land around it for $5,000 US Dollars (USD) in the early 1900s. Stark Brothers marketed the golden delicious apple as a companion to the red delicious apple that they were already propagating and selling, even though the golden delicious was not genetically related.