Early Golden
very early (10 days before Shiro)
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- -18°F
- Ripening
- Early-season
- Vigor
- Moderate-Vigorous
- Disease tolerance
- Low
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Graft requirement
- Graft Required
- US availability
- Available
Considerations
Wood hardy to about -18°F.
Early-season harvest.
Low overall resistance across the stonefruit pathogens.
Canopy susceptible to brown rot, the dominant stonefruit disease.
moderate-vigorous
Prefers a pH band of 6–7.
These are intrinsic to the stone fruit. On a real property, Folia scores each against your site; here they're shown on their own.
Grows alike
similar to growBeauty
shares its disease and spray profile · ripens in the same window
Satsuma
shares its disease and spray profile · blooms in the same window
Burbank
shares its disease and spray profile · blooms in the same window
Methley
shares its disease and spray profile · blooms in the same window
Shiro
shares its disease and spray profile · blooms in the same window
Vanier
shares its disease and spray profile · blooms in the same window
Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksBeauty
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Methley
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Shiro
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Satsuma
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Burbank
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Vanier
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
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