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Hudson's Golden Gem
type: Cooking, Cider, Dessert, Eating, Juice
synonyms: Hudson, Hudson Golden Gem
identification: Large and conic, slightly angular and often lopsided. The skin is dull yellow and covered with a rough russet coat. Marked with abundant, medium-size russet lenticels which are most numerous toward the eye. The apple is frequently mistaken for a pear because of its shape and colour. The calyx is moderately large, closed or partly open and set in a funnel shaped, lightly pleated basin. The stem is long, medium thick and set in a rather deep, funnel shaped cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, crisp, coarse-grained and breaking. Juicy and very sweet with a nutty, Bosc-pear flavour and, when fully ripe, it becomes soft and grainy like a pear. Flesh browns quickly on exposure to air.
uses: This is a wonderfully flavourful, sweet and juicy apple when eaten fresh, but it also makes an excellent cooking apple. Used in cider making as well for the flavours and sugar content.
origins: Discovered as a wild seedling growing along a fence row at the Hudson Nursery in Tangent, Oregon (U.S.A.), introduced in 1931. Possibly an open-pollinated pippin from Golden Delicious .
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading. Requires 800 to 1,000 hours of chill for adequate dormancy. Tolerant of cold and heat. Fruit has a tendency to split until the tree is mature.
cold storage: Up to three months. Becomes honey-sweet after a month in storage.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab. Somewhat susceptible to mildew and fire blight. Some tendency to bitter pit.
harvest: In the middle of the fifth period. The fruit may crack some years, especially on younger trees. Generally hangs well into winter, but if stressed there may be some pre-harvest drop.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Partly self fertile but does best with a source of compatible pollen close by.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 4
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