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Ginger Gold is one of the first apples of the year, a crisp, juicy yellow apple that shows up in stores in late summer. Its flesh is slow to brown once cut.
Grower Clyde Harvey found the tree in 1969 in a Virginia orchard that had been flooded by Hurricane Camille. It was growing among Winesap trees but bore yellow fruit, and he named it after his wife, Frances "Ginger" Harvey.
Sweet with a light tang and crisp, juicy, cream-colored flesh. It tastes fresh and bright, like an early-season Golden Delicious.
Sweet
Tart
Crunch
Juicy
Ginger Gold works for sauce and quick bakes, but it softens more than late-season baking apples, so it shines most fresh and in salads.
Fresh eating
Excellent
Salads and cheese boards
Excellent
Baking and pies
Good
Sauce and apple butter
Excellent
Cider and juice
Fair
Harvest
August
In stores
Late summer into fall
Ginger Gold is best eaten within a few weeks. Keep it in the refrigerator to hold its crunch.
Sweet with a light tang and crisp, juicy, cream-colored flesh. It tastes fresh and bright, like an early-season Golden Delicious.
Ginger Gold works for sauce and quick bakes, but it softens more than late-season baking apples, so it shines most fresh and in salads.
Ginger Gold is harvested in August and is usually in stores late summer into fall.
Ginger Gold is best eaten within a few weeks. Keep it in the refrigerator to hold its crunch.
No. Ginger Gold is an open variety, so any grower can plant it.
