This large yellow apple looks and smells like a Golden Delicious . It's perhaps a little more squat, and the blush, when there is one, is different, a streaky orange pink with a hint of copper. (Golden Delicious will blush if you let her, but the effect is more solid, like this .) The green lenticels are a little different as well. But the classic conical shape, the moderate ribbing, and the rich cider-and-honey aroma all suggest Golden D, in the family tree if not in the flesh. It has an open calyx and is quite firm.
An amateur explores the pomaceous fruit