This is a sport of Golden Delicious, and very like. But as you can see, these don't really look much like the Golden Delicious you'll find year-round in your supermarket. This one has a distinct blush, for goodness sakes, rosy orange over skin that is more green than yellow. There's some russet and fly speck too. The lenticels are dark green, light green in the blush. True, it is conical, tapered, and ribbed, like the G Delish we all know, but so are many varieties. In any case, Golden Delicious deserves a repeat performance.
An amateur explores the pomaceous fruit