Sweet Delicious apple
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Large, greenish yellow fruit, flushed reddish-orange with red streaks. Firm, fine, creamy white, melting flesh. Very sweet with an aromatic flavor. Excellent keeper.
USDA identification images for Sweet Delicious
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
- Delicious (parent)
Visitor reviews
- 12 Apr 2019 RaymondNEW YORK, United StatesWe used it for years for sugar free applesauce.
Tree register
United States
- Aurie Bradley in Kensington, CA
- Ben in Helenwood, TN
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: Deacon Jones x Delicious
- Originates from: New York, United States
- Introduced: 1911
- Developed by: New York State Agriculture
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1950-149
Identification
- Country of origin: United States