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Golden Noble
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 12.7 °Bx
- Fruit height
- 57.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 66.0 mm
source: GRIN
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
A large, round, bright yellow culinary apple with handsome form and russet patches. The flesh is yellow, tender, and perfectly melting with pleasant acid juice and rich acidity; bakes to a clear amber color. Valuable for cooking, in season from September to December.
Flavor & Texture
acidrichtenderjuicymelting
Best Uses
cookingbaking_piefresh_eating
4 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
- Origin type
- found wilding
- Original breeder
- Sir Thomas Harr
- First introduced
- 1820 · Horticultural Society of London
rich acidity
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 589135
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 2355
- Wikidata
- Q427306
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Hort