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Medaille d'Or
A small russet cider apple producing a full bittersweet cider.
Origin: France, 1884
Pollination: Medaille d'Or is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Medaille d'Or
Medaille d'Or was raised in Rouen in France and introduced to England in 1884. A small to medium sized fruit with russeted yellow and orange skin. Produces a sweet, heavily astringent juice which ferments to a full bittersweet cider often with high alcohol content. Heavy cropping, spreading tree.Characteristics of Medaille d'Or apple trees
| Use | Cider |
| Colour | Russet |
| Flavour | Bittersweet |
| Fruit size | Small |
| Picking time | Nov |
| Season of use | Nov |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Disease resistance | Scab - Resistant |
| Pollination date | 30 |
| Pollination group | H |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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