"............ Golden Delicious is aptly named other than it is neither
golden nor delicious in much of the UK .........."

I have to disagree with you on this..
British grown Golden Delicious are great apples, BUT almost all G.D.on sale
on British supermarkets are imported and are picked before they are ripe, so
have very little flavour and don't improve with keeping.

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David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk