Significant plantings of GingerGold have been established on both coasts. A Golden Delicious type fruit, GingerGold is harvested approximately six weeks before regular Golden Delicious. Therefore, it is an early season fruit, picked well before McIntosh. Locally grown fruit has been mostly marketed via retail channels to date. Although best fully ripe, it can be picked on the green side.
Skin color is green-yellow, blemish free, and very attractive.
An exceptional partial pink blush will develop as fruit matures on the tree. GingerGold has a vigorous tree habit but no limb spreading is necessary. GingerGold reportedly stores well too, for up to six months. Of all the early season apples we have evaluated, GingerGold appears to be one of the best, and is certainly here to stay. If you have a retail market, you definitely ought to get some GingerGold trees in the ground.