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The tree is very hardy and bears well, and the deep colour of 

 the fruit also makes it popular. 



MEDAILLE D'OR. 



A seedling raised by Monsieur Goddard, of Boisguillaume, 

 Rouen. A Gold Medal was awarded to its fruit in 1873 for its 

 superior properties by the Societe Centrale d'Horticulture du 

 Departement de la Seine Inferieure. It was introduced into 

 Herefordshire, in 1884, by the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club. 



Description. — Fruit : small, oblate, broad at the base, often 

 irregularly spheroidal. Skin : golden yellow, almost completely 

 covered with a marble work of thin brown russet, which often 

 concentrates in patches, and becomes continuous round the eyes ; 

 there is often a slight touch of rose colour on the side next the sun. 

 Eye : large and closed, sunk in a deep cavity, with slightly 

 grooved borders. Stalk : thin and woody, about half an inch long, 

 and inserted in a deep depression. Flesh : yellowish and tender. 

 Juice : very sweet, with a strong, rough, astringent flavour, and not 

 unpleasant. 



The tree is very fertile and bears its fruit in clusters. In 

 general appearance, and lightness of structure, this fruit resembles 

 the old English variety Forest Styre. As a vintage fruit it takes the 

 very highest rank. The juice attains the very high density of 

 I '102 ; and each kilogramme contains 238 grammes of sugar, giving 

 14 to 15 per cent, of alcohol ; 5*509 of Tannin ; and i '428 of 

 acid as compared with monhydrous sulphuric acid. 



