Medaille d'Or cider apple tree

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• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 6
• Uses: Hard cider

Medaille d'Or is a traditional French cider variety, which produces a full bittersweet juice with a high sugar content.

Like many old English and French cider varieties it comes out of dormancy very late - in May, and the fruits don't ripen until November.

Medaille d'Or cider apple trees for sale

• Semi-dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
  Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
  G.890 rootstock
  

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How to grow

Medaille d'Or can be susceptible to fireblight - a disease which was unknown in 19th century France.

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History

Medaille d'Or originates from the traditional cider-growing area of Normandie in north west France. By the end of the 19th century it was also being grown in England.

Medaille d'Or characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group6
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Picking seasonLate
• UsesHard cider
• Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
• General resistanceAverage
• FireblightSome susceptibility
• ScabSome resistance
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 5 (-29C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originFrance
• Period of origin1850 - 1899
• Fruit colorBrownRusset