Golden Delicious Apple Tree

Golden Delicious Apple Tree

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Sweet & Tasty Apples Perfect for Home Gardens

Say hello to every gardener’s dream apple tree! The Golden Delicious apple tree is one of the world’s most popular apple trees and is among the easiest and most dependable apple trees to grow. Commonly called the Yellow Delicious apple tree.

Do Golden Delicious Apple Trees Need a Pollinator?

Golden Delicious apple trees are self-pollinators, so they’ll grow and produce apples without another apple tree in your garden. In addition to being a self-pollinator, Golden Delicious apple trees also make one of the best cross-pollinators for other varieties such as Red Delicious or Granny Smith. Since they have such a long bloom period, Golden Delicious apple trees are on a short list of “rooster” trees! It provides pollen so readily that even a neighboring apple tree down the road can use this fruit tree for cross-pollination. This makes Golden Delicious trees one of the most useful apple varieties to have. Orchard growers love this delicious apple!

Golden Delicious Apple Tree Height

This semi-dwarf variety of Golden Delicious apple trees grows from 15 to 20 feet tall and wide when mature. The branch width at full size will also be about 15 to 20 feet wide as well. If you are going to plant more than one apple tree on your property, Golden Delicious or otherwise, make sure to leave about 20 feet between each of them, to allow room to grow.

When Do Golden Delicious Apple Trees Bloom?

The Golden Delicious apple season will start at different times of the year depending on where you live and when your last frost date is. Beautiful clusters of pink flower buds open to reveal creamy white blooms in the early spring growing season. From September to October, the fruit will turn from a pale green to their familiar golden green color. This signals that they are ripe and ready to be picked, all the way until fall, when they will become dormant again until the following spring.

How long does it take a Golden Delicious apple tree to produce fruit?

Our semi-dwarf variety of Golden Delicious apple trees starts to produce fruit in about 4-6 years of maturity. Since your Golden Delicious apple tree will be somewhat pregrown, your apple tree will bear fruit in the first few years of planting. Once picked, the golden fruits are best as short-storage eating apples. 

This apple variety is a chance seedling – which means it was unintentionally bred. It was then intentionally cloned for commercial use because of the unique traits of this sweet apple. The unique traits of this sweet apple then led it to be intentionally cloned for commercial use. Later, it was named the state tree for West Virginia.

The apple’s thin skin and delicious crispness in its white flesh make the Golden Delicious ideal for eating good fresh off the tree and for baking.  The apple’s yellow peel and sweetly tangy flavor make a tempting snack. Our favorite way to use this is as apple pie or apple sauce. 

How to Care For Your Golden Delicious Apple Tree Bought Online

This sweet-tart apple cultivar grows best in USDA plant growing zones  4-8. It can grow in most of the United States in full sun and well-drained soil. Requires 600-700 chill hours. 

These are not bare root trees. We ship these young trees in soil and trees include planting instructions. A regular watering schedule the first year of planting is essential to establish a strong root system.

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Botanical Name
Malus domestica 'Golden Delicious'
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Sunlight
Full Sun

Foliage Color
Green

Flower Color
White

Mature Width
15-20 ft

Mature Height
15-20 ft

Growing Zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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02/25/2023
Cynthia M.
United States United States

Pleasantly surprised

At the size of this tree for the money it was fantastic, I usually go to Walmart and they've never been this nice. It was taller than me I will definitely be doing most of my tree shopping here at my perfect plants I recommend them how hardly. I had just had a pacemaker put in, and only been home a few days. The tree was in such a tall tall box that I asked the UPS guy if he could just pop it inside my door for me as I was not allowed to lift anything heavy. He did and it was great. I opened it up and I just could not believe the size of this tree. I was very very happy

Perfect Plants Nursery Golden Delicious Apple Tree Review
08/10/2023

Perfect Plants Nursery

It's wonderful to hear that you had such a positive experience with My Perfect Plants. It's like discovering a hidden gem in the gardening world – a place where you can find beautiful trees that exceed your expectations. And let me tell you, when it comes to tree shopping, My Perfect Plants is like the cream of the crop!

JD
01/23/2019
Julia D.

My Golden Delicious tree came with baby apples on it! They are not ripe yet but I am looking forward the apples them for years to come.

06/18/2022

Perfect Plants Nursery

Hi Julia! You'll be harvesting apples in no time from your Golden Delicious Apple Tree. Happy we were able to assist. Take care!

CG
03/06/2016
CJ G.

Would definitely buy from this nursery again. Tree is about 4' tall, straight and in excellent condition.

06/17/2022

Perfect Plants Nursery

Thank you CJ for your purchase of our Golden Delicious Apple Tree. Happy to hear it arrived safely. All the best.

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