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Splendour

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1948

Origin

New Zealand

Splendour is a New Zealand dessert apple developed in 1948 from a Red Dougherty × Golden Delicious cross, primarily eaten fresh. It is an ancestor of the popular Pacific Rose and Aurora Golden Gala varieties.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Golden Delicious Red Dougherty

Offspring

WA 5 WA 2 Aurora Golden Gala Nicola Sciearly `Chinook`Sciglo Scieur Sciray

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 5950
Wikidata: Q19840849