A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 4-8m high.
Origin: in Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand, by J.H. Kidd. Introd. in 1960. Kidd’s Orange × Golden Delicious. Selected in 1939. Introduced in U.S. in 1973. USPP 3637; 15 Oct. 1974; assigned to Stark Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Co., Louisiana, MO. Named and introduced in 1973. Tree: vigorous; long pliant branches; heavy spur-bearing habit similar to Delicious; foliage is healthy with tendency to leaf burn; yields are precocious, heavy, and regular. Fruit: medium, 2 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches, uniform; oval, round in transverse outline, crowned to slightly crowned; basin of medium width and depth; stem slender, very long; cavity wide and deep; skin pale yellow to golden yellow, heavily striped with red, glossy, thin, does not bruise readily, completely free from blemish, no russet; flesh yellow, fine, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, low acid, quality excellent; long stem good for spray penetration; free from bitter pit; better storage quality and longer shelf life after removal from storage than Cox’s Orange Pippin; susceptible to apple mosaic, ripens two weeks before Delicious.
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