I've bought 2 apple trees. One is a Golden Delicious and the other is a Red Delicious. Apparently 2 varieties are required for proper pollination.
My question is are these 2 trees considered different varieties??
Thank you.
Well Chris, Golden and Red Delicious are not related.
Golden Delicious was bred in the 1890s in West Virginia in the USA by Anderson Mullins from parentage of 'Golden Grimes' and another unrecorded variety.
Red Delicious is however a 'sport' e.g. a natural genetic mutation (required no human intervention).