Did you know? Ginger Gold apple variety apparently owes its life to Hurricane Camille, which roared through Virginia in 1969. It destroyed much of the orchard of Clyde and Ginger Harvey near Arrington, Virginia.

Several years later they found a tree that had grown from a seed that had apparently been washed into the orchard from elsewhere, perhaps during the hurricane, and was nothing like what had been planted there before. A nursery budded the first trees in the early 1980s, and horticulturists concluded the Harvey’s had a unique variety on their hands. They sold some of the apples locally and called the variety by Mrs. Harvey's first name. Its yellow appearance derives from its probable Golden Delicious parentage. Pippin is thought to be one of the other varieties in its genetics. Ginger Gold matures about six weeks before Golden Delicious and has a spicy sweet flavor. Its texture is firm and white, and it stores well under refrigeration.

It is a good all purpose apple and can be used for cooking and baking.