Goldrush is a modern disease-resistant apple, equally suitable for commercial growers or gardeners and home orchardists. Its parentage is complex, but it is derived from Golden Delicious and inherits that variety's excellent hard crispness, sweetness, and long storage capability.
The flavor when freshly-picked is pronounced and distinctly sharper than Golden Delicious, but it sweetens in storage and it has a good balance of sweet and sharp flavors. The trees are compact and neat.
Delivery discounts. Prices are for individual trees excluding delivery. There is no minimum quantity but it is cost effective to order in multiples of 3 trees.
Delivery period: Trees are delivered in March and April. However it is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you. If you live in a warm zone (e.g. Southern California, Alabama etc.) Fall delivery is possible. More details on our spring shipping schedule by state.
*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.
Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.
GoldRush is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.
Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.
More advice about pollination.
Goldrush has a tendency to over-crop which if not checked can lead to biennial bearing as the tree gets older. However this is easily remedied by thinning the crop in late spring.
It is very resistant to scab, and fairly resistant to fireblight. However it is susceptible to Cedar Apple Rust in the south and southern mid-west, and may require a basic fungicide in these areas.
Goldrush blossoms quite late, and therefore needs another late-flowering variety nearby for pollination.
Goldrush is in most respects a very easy apple variety for the garden or backyard orchard. The in-built disease resistance and good winter-hardiness make it a great choice for anyone who wants a good cropping apple tree with minimum effort.
Planting instructions.
Pruning instructions.
Developed from a joint breeding program between the Indiana, Illinois and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stations in the 1990s.
