I think Hudsons tastes better with a little water core.
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Maybe its growing conditions, but all of the ones I’ve seen in Oregon/Washington are elongated and narrow at the calyx end. Mine aren’t ripe yet.
Those look very round, I’d never guess they are Hudson’s Golden Gem
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Mine are elongated and look a little pear like.
I agree…I’ll consider adding it to a Fuji or Frankentree…maybe get some fruits sooner. From reading about it, I’ll like it.
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Same here in Northern California. My harvest will be a bit light this year, but this tree (on MM111) usually bears pretty well. I haven’t noticed a biennial tendency.
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I got Hudson’s for about 4 years now and it is a very slow grower, still no fruit. I will probably get rid of the tree and replace it with something that will grow/produce
I went home and checked. They are elongated on the bottom more than what the picture shows. I’ll try to get a better picture.
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That looks like mine.
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I couldn’t imagine removing mine. It is well worth it.
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HGG is a top 5 apple for me out of my 40 or so varieties here in the deep south. Besides the pleasant taste, my HGG growing on G-16 has been grower friendly with no FB and really no other disease issues in the last 7 years. Only 3 or 4 sprays for me this year and I got a large crop of very clean apples. The birds at my place peck away at my red apples but pretty much leave my russet apples alone which is another plus.
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Tried my Hudson’s golden gem today. At least now I’m know why the yellow jackets leave it alone this year. It’s not very sugary flavorful. Last couple of years the yellow jackets would hit it hard and buzz me if I even got near it. Probably let to many set this year as I didn’t thin it.
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Here is one of our Golden Gems. Not many this year. We planted our tree on G30 in 2012. It was not precocious.
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No, I’ve not had the first apple from 2017 grafts onto G30 either.
How’s the Hudson’s G.G. doing this year?
My HGG is a blank this year. That graft is growing like crazy though, so hopefully lots next year. I’ll miss them. Overall, very few apples this year.
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No HGG here either…but best crop in several years…so if the critters don’t steal them, some pies and jelly maybe plus a few for eating. I don’t recall ever having a broken limb on an apple tree…but Fuji may get one this year…as I didnt’ thin them.
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We have a few nicely developing Gems, but the tree is shy bearing once again. I don’t remember reading that as a fault of HGG, but it wouldn’t be the only russet that has that trait.
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My HGG on b118 planted in 2013 has yet to bear an apple. This year it finally had a few blossoms, but the drought took care of those so no fruit again this year.
This is my 2 yr HGG. It has a goumi on each side of it… and I have been impressed with the growth so far. Looking good to me. 10 ft tall now and quite bushey… thick trunk.
Just to the left of it and that goumi… Akane… and to the right Gold Rush.
The Hudson Golden Gem is looking better than the other two. No blooms this spring on it or the Akane… hopefully next year.
My GR has 3 apples on it. GR has a pretty bad case of CAR… the other two mildly affected. Couple of cedar trees near by.
TNHunter
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Hudson’s Golden Gem seems to be the worst for me when it comes to codling moth and other damage. I don’t spray, and don’t get useful apples from it, even when it sets well. Same tree gives some Golden Russet and Bramley’s Seedling apples each year.
It’s been true for me on two different properties.
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