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Virginia Gold Apple Scionwood (Spring 2024)


Also known as Virginiagold.

This tree is very productive and vigorous. It will become biennial if not carefully pruned and thinned.

Virginia Gold is a cross of Newtown Pippin and Golden Delicious. Ripening very late, it has a pretty yellow skin with a pink blush, and the flesh is sweet and crisp. The flavor is distinctive but balanced; it is less sweet than Delicious and less acidic than Newtown Pippin. Virginia Gold attains its best flavor after storage. It is a great dessert apple, and it makes delicious sauces and pies.

Virginia Gold was bred by George Oberle at Virginia Tech in 1976.

Volume Pricing

Premiums are included in the following prices if applicable. These prices are for regular scion. Add $1 for clean scion.

Quantity Virginia Gold Apple Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $7.00
6-10 $6.00
11-99 $5.00
100+ $4.00

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$12.00 ea.

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Clean vs. Regular

Our clean scion is harvested from trees grown on G.16, which is extremely sensitive to viruses. These trees would not have survived if the scion contained viruses. Our clean wood has not been lab tested. Regular = may contain one of the common latent viruses; this is not usually a problem and can be used with most rootstocks.

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This tree is very productive and vigorous. It will become biennial if not carefully pruned and thinned.

Virginia Gold is a cross of Newtown Pippin and Golden Delicious. Ripening very late, it has a pretty yellow skin with a pink blush, and the flesh is sweet and crisp. The flavor is distinctive but balanced; it is less sweet than Delicious and less acidic than Newtown Pippin. Virginia Gold attains its best flavor after storage. It is a great dessert apple, and it makes delicious sauces and pies.

Virginia Gold was bred by George Oberle at Virginia Tech in 1976.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Apple
Subcategory: Heirloom

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating, baking, storage, sauce
Storage duration: three plus months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: yellow
Flesh color: off-white

Fruit Origins

Parentage: Albemarle Pippin x Golden Delicious
Origin: Blacksburg, VA
Introduced in: 1976
Introduced by: George Oberle

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 4 - 7
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Oct 27 (approximate, in New York State) + 42 days after McIntosh

Diseases & Pests

Cedar-Apple Rust: Susceptible
Fireblight: Susceptible

Pollination

Pollination Factors

Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Virginia Gold Apple. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.

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