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Virginia Gold
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size. Yellow, washed pink on the sun exposed face, smooth.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and juicy. Distinctively flavoured.
uses: A wonderful eating apple but it attains its peak flavour only after a few months in storage.
origins: Developed around 1976 by George Oberle at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia (U.S.A.). It is a cross of Newtown Pippin and Golden Delicious, with a flavor characteristic of Newtown Pippin .
cultivation: Bbiennial
cold storage: Keeps for three months.
harvest: Over a span of several weeks starting early in the fourth period.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 5
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