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Gibson's Golden Apple Scionwood (Spring 2025)


A smooth-skinned mutation of Golden Delicious. Also known as Smoothee, Gibson Golden Delicious, Improved Golden Delicious.

This apple is very similar to Golden Delicious, of which it is a mutation. The main differences are that the thin skin is shows less russetting and it bears a delicate blush when ripe. The apple is also slightly larger than Golden Delicious. The tree is more vigorous and more reliably annual. As Golden Delicious is a self-fertile variety, it is likely that Gibson's Golden shares this trait. However, for optimal fruit set, we recommend a second variety for cross-pollination.

Gibson's Golden was discovered as a full tree mutation of Golden Delicious at Evans City, PA by Carl R. Gibson. It was introduced in 1968.

Volume Pricing

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

Quantity Gibson's Golden Apple Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $8.00
6-10 $7.00
11-99 $6.00
100+ $5.00

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$12.00 ea.

This is the full retail price for orders of 1 scion. You can get these scion for as low as $5.00 each – see Volume Pricing above. More about Pricing & Grading.

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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 apple is very similar to Golden Delicious, of which it is a mutation. The main differences are that the thin skin is shows less russetting and it bears a delicate blush when ripe. The apple is also slightly larger than Golden Delicious. The tree is more vigorous and more reliably annual. As Golden Delicious is a self-fertile variety, it is likely that Gibson's Golden shares this trait. However, for optimal fruit set, we recommend a second variety for cross-pollination.

Gibson's Golden was discovered as a full tree mutation of Golden Delicious at Evans City, PA by Carl R. Gibson. It was introduced in 1968.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Apple
Subcategory:

Fruit Uses & Storage

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

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: yellow
Flesh color: white

Fruit Origins

Parentage: whole tree mutation of Golden Delicious
Origin: Evans City, PA
Introduced in: 1967
Introduced by: Carl R. Gibson

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: 700
Ripening date: Sep 08 (approximate, in New York State) 7 days before McIntosh

Diseases & Pests

glossary

Gibson's Golden Apple does not have any diseases or pests associated with it at this time.

Pollination

Pollination Factors

glossary

Bloom group: 4
Is it self-fertile? Y
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Gibson's Golden 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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