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Golden Nugget
A small attractive fruit with an intense sweet-sharp pineapple flavour.
Origin: Canada, 1932
Pollination: Golden Nugget is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Golden Nugget
Raised by C J Bishop, Kentville Agricultural Station, Nova Scotia 1932 from a cross between Golden Russet and Cox's Orange Pippin. Small conical fruit. Attractive yellow skin with orange flush. Intense, sweet, aromatic flavour with some pineapple acidity. Good disease rsistance. Attractive blossom.Characteristics of Golden Nugget apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Aromatic |
| Fruit size | Small |
| Picking time | Late Sep |
| Season of use | Oct-Nov |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Disease resistance | Scab - Resistant Mildew - Resistant Canker - Resistant |
| Special features | Attractive Blossom |
| Pollination date | 10 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Cox's Orange Pippin Golden Russet |
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