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Golden

Currently the most widespread apple cultivar in Italy. The determining factors in this success have been its great adaptability to different environments, the excellent storage properties of the fruit and its high productivity. A medium-large fruit, of elongated form and attractive appearance, with a yellow skin sometimes tinged with red. The tree can be grown in reduced or spread form in combination with rootstocks of different vigour. Of the virus-free clones, the "clone B"¹ selection is the most widely used. Harvested from mid September to the beginning of October in two pickings.

Virus-free Certification

The evolution of modern fruit farming has led to considerable changes in the production and multiplication of fruit bearing plants, from both the regulatory and technical-economic points of view.
The quality of the nursery product is a determining factor in the creation of a competitive and highly productive orchard.
The development of the plants, the characteristics of the secondary branching and the quality of the union at the graft point are important parameters for judging the the quality of the nursery orchard product. Other factors to be considered very carefully include the healthiness of the propagation material, the certainty of the varietal identity, the control of the supply sources and the commercial potential of the reproduced clone.
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