Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Gold Medal
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
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.
Sources
- Gold Medal (accession 2000 - 037), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late august); the other names.
