Gold Medal
syn. Crystal Palace, Gold Medal Trugton's, Pomme Trougton's, Ryland Surprise, Trugton's Goldmedal, Zolotaya medal Tregtona
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Troughton, a nurseryman at Preston, Lancashire. Its original name was Ryland Surprise. It was introduced in about 1882. Fruits have soft, white flesh with a slightly acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 116.00 mm
- Height
- 83.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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