Gold Rush Apple

Did you know the "Gold Rush" variety of apple from the ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville WV. is an apple variety whose seed parent was “Golden Delicious”, an apple discovered in Clay County, WV in 1912?

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The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in U.S. agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.