Golden Noble apple
A sweet-flavoured cooking apple, and a good tree for the garden.
Golden Noble is a well-known English cooking apple, originating in the early 19th century. It was discovered by the gardener of Sir Thomas Harr of Stowe Hall in Norfolk, who obtained a cutting from a tree in a nearby orchard. Sir Thomas presented it to the Horticultural Society of London in 1820. It soon established itself as a popular culinary apple.
Golden Noble remains a popular garden apple in the UK to this day. It has several excellent qualities and deserves consideration if you are looking for a more interesting alternative to Bramley's Seedling. It produces attractive blossom, and the tree generally grows in neat and tidy fashion (unlike Bramley) making it a good choice as a feature tree for the garden. It also bears fruit early in its life. In the kitchen it cooks down to a puree with, for a cooker, a relatively sweet flavour which holds up well in cooking.
Golden Noble therefore has all the attributes of a good cooking apple - at least in English eyes. It has not had much success outside the UK, probably because in Europe and North America there is a preference for apples which keep their shape - what the English regard as a puree the Americans see as a mush.
Summary
- Species: Malus domestica
- Parentage: Unknown
- Origin: Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1820
- Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 102500
Identification
- Fruit colour: Green
- Fruit size: Large
- Bultitude apple group: 5. Yellow, smooth, sweet or acidic
Using
- Good for cooking
- Good for juice
- Cooking result: Puree
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style: Sweeter
- Ripening period: Mid-Late season
- Use / keeping: 1-2 months
Growing
- Cropping: Heavy
- Flowering period: Late season
- Flowering group: 5
- Fertility: Self-sterile
- Triploid: No
- Vigour: Slightly small
- Precocity: Precocious
- Gardening skill: Very easy
- Fruit bearing: Partial tip-bearer
- Attractive blossom
- General disease resistance: Average
Climate
- Suitable for temperate climates
Other qualities
- RHS Award of Garden Merit 1993
Relationships to other varieties
Offspring of this variety:
Golden Noble identification photos from official fruit collections
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Golden Noble identification photos from website visitors
Copyright: C. Alderman
Copyright: C. Alderman
Copyright: C. Alderman
Copyright: C. Alderman
Fruit tree register
Do you have a tree of this variety in your garden or orchard? If so please register the details here and contribute to our international register of fruit trees.
The following Golden Noble trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.
You can also view these trees on a map.
United States
- Axel Kratel in Santa Cruz, California
United Kingdom
- Carole Alderman in PETERBOROUGH, CAMBS
- David Kenning in WHITSTABLE, KENT
- Dougas Wilson in Perth,
- Graham Charles Schofield in NEWMARKET, Sufflok
- Graham Hinchliffe in EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX
- Hugh Keep in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- John in HYTHE, KENT
- Susan Mcbain in NORTHWICH, CHESHIRE
- Suzanne Mcnally in banbury, oxon
Latest Spring blossom records for this variety
2011 season
- 19th April 2011 - tree owned by Hugh in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
2009 season
- May 2009 - tree owned by Carole in PETERBOROUGH, United Kingdom
- April 2009 - tree owned by Hugh in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
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Latest harvest records for this variety
2011 season
- 4th week September 2011 - tree owned by Hugh in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
- 2nd week September 2011 - tree owned by Carole in PETERBOROUGH, United Kingdom
2009 season
Mature heights for Golden Noble trees
This table shows the likely mature height for a Golden Noble tree taking into account the vigor of the variety, the rootstock, and soil conditions.
| Rootstock | Soil quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Below average | Average | Above average | Very good | |
| P22 | 2.1 ft 0.6 m |
2.6 ft 0.8 m |
3.2 ft 1.0 m |
3.9 ft 1.2 m |
4.7 ft 1.5 m |
| M27 | 2.4 ft 0.7 m |
3.0 ft 0.9 m |
3.6 ft 1.1 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.4 ft 1.7 m |
| M9 | 3.6 ft 1.1 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
8.1 ft 2.5 m |
| Bud.9 | 3.6 ft 1.1 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
8.1 ft 2.5 m |
| Geneva 11 | 3.6 ft 1.1 m |
4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
8.1 ft 2.5 m |
| Geneva 16 | 4.2 ft 1.3 m |
5.3 ft 1.6 m |
6.3 ft 1.9 m |
7.9 ft 2.4 m |
9.5 ft 2.9 m |
| M26 | 4.5 ft 1.4 m |
5.6 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
10.1 ft 3.1 m |
| Geneva 30 | 4.8 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
10.8 ft 3.3 m |
| MM102 | 4.8 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
10.8 ft 3.3 m |
| M7 | 5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
8.1 ft 2.5 m |
10.1 ft 3.1 m |
12.2 ft 3.7 m |
| M116 | 5.4 ft 1.7 m |
6.8 ft 2.1 m |
8.1 ft 2.5 m |
10.1 ft 3.1 m |
12.2 ft 3.7 m |
| MM106 | 6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.5 ft 2.3 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
11.3 ft 3.5 m |
13.5 ft 4.1 m |
| MM111 | 6.9 ft 2.1 m |
8.6 ft 2.6 m |
10.4 ft 3.2 m |
12.9 ft 4.0 m |
15.5 ft 4.8 m |
| Bud.118 | 7.8 ft 2.4 m |
9.8 ft 3.0 m |
11.7 ft 3.6 m |
14.6 ft 4.5 m |
17.6 ft 5.4 m |
| M25 | 8.7 ft 2.7 m |
10.9 ft 3.3 m |
13.1 ft 4.0 m |
16.3 ft 5.0 m |
19.6 ft 6.0 m |
From an idea by N. Buck - more details.
Where to buy apples
United Statesmap >
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Michiganmap >
- Alber's Orchard & Cider Mill, Manchester
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Minnesotamap >
- Two Fruit's Fruits, Hinckley
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British Columbiamap >
- Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island
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