Golden Delicious apple

The image shows a Golden Delicious apple, a popular cultivar of apple with a yellow-green skin and a sweet, mellow flavor. This variety was originally discovered as a chance seedling on the Mullins' family farm in Clay County, West Virginia, USA, around 1905.

Since its discovery, the Golden Delicious has become one of the most widely cultivated apples globally. It is produced in major agricultural regions across the United States, Europe (especially France and Italy), and the Southern Hemisphere. Because it is a generic agricultural product, there is no single brand or ultimate owner company; it is grown by thousands of independent farmers and distributed by various agricultural cooperatives and food wholesalers worldwide.