Richared Delicious

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1926

Origin

Washington, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 13.6 °Bx

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Richared Delicious is a bud sport of the Delicious variety that originated in Washington state. It was selected in 1915 and introduced commercially in 1926 by Columbia and Okanogan Nursery Company. This eating apple is prized for fresh consumption.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

2 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Offspring

Gloster 69 Lindel Drakenstein Aori Redgold

Origin & History

Origin type: sport mutation

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589151
UK National Fruit Collection: 5361