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| Apple Golden Nugget | Apple Exeter Cross | Cherry Hudson | Cherry Margit | ||
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| Summary | A small, broadly conical, long-stemmed predominately yellow fruit with orange streaks and splashes. Crisp, juicy flesh with extra sweet, rich, mellow flavor. Fine for eating out of hand, excellent for pies, sauce and apple butter. Short keeping life. | Small to medium size. Red stripes over greenish yellow. Crisp, sweet, juicy with sharp flavor. | Firm, sweet, good flavour. | Flattish-round. Very firm, very good flavour. | |
Identification | Golden Nugget | Exeter Cross | Hudson | Margit | |
| Fruit colour | Black | Mahogany | |||
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Using | Golden Nugget | Exeter Cross | Hudson | Margit | |
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| Ripening period | Mid season | Late season | |||
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Growing | Golden Nugget | Exeter Cross | Hudson | Margit | |
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| Cropping | Good | ||||
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| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season | Flowering group 5 Flowers Late season Self-sterile | Self-sterile | ||
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| Problems | Fruit splitting - Some resistance | ||||
Other | Golden Nugget | Exeter Cross | Hudson | Margit | |
| Country of origin | Canada | United Kingdom | Canada | Italy | |
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