apple 'Golden Delicious'

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• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Ultimate size (M27): 1.8x1.8m (6x6ft)
• Ultimate size (MM106): 5.5x5.5m (18x18ft)
• Flowering period: April and May
• Flower colour: white
• Other features: large, sweet, golden-yellow dessert apples (mid-September)
• Hardiness: fully hardy
• Pollination Group D: late flowering
  
  This upright, spreading tree is covered in pure white, cup-shaped flowers in mid- and late spring, followed by large, sweet, golden-yellow dessert apples for harvesting from mid-September. A heavy cropping variety, it's best planted with a variety from the same or preceding pollination group in a sunny, well-drained site.
  
  
• Garden care: Keep the base of the tree weed-free, fertilise at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. Remove damaged or crossing branches during the dormant season.