The World of Apples

Apple varieties, France

Michelin

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

This old popular cider apple was raised by M. Legrand of Yvetot, Normandy , France. It first fruited in 1872. It was named after M. Michelin of Paris, one of the original promoters appointed by the French Government for the study of cider fruits. Introduced into Herefordshire in 1884 by the Woolhope Naturalists Field Club. Fruits are small and pale green to yellow. Produces a sweet juice resulting in a bittersweet cider ideal for blending.

Michelin
Where Michelin came from.

Sources

  1. Michelin (accession 1989 - 096), 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.
  2. Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 589670 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.

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