Products tagged “Golden”

Golden Delicious is a very popular supermarket apple variety.The variety was discovered by a West Virginia farmer at the end of the 19th century.  It is generally considered to be a seedling of Grimes Golden, to which it bears a strong resemblance.  The variety was soon taken up by the famous Stark Brothers nursery, who were so impressed by it that they bought the original tree and an area of land around it.  The tree lived on into the 1950s, by which time it had become firmly established as one of the world’s great apple varieties.

Golden Delicious is now planted in all the major warm apple growing areas of the world.In Pakistan Gwalerai is the village of Mingora main district Swat, which produces Golden Delicious. The Golden Delicious of Gwalerai is well known and in great demand, not only in Pakistan but across the world too.Golden delicious is available from October to December.