Drap d’Or
Accession
Yoncalla, OR (Nick Botner Colletion)
Synonyms
Draps d’Or, Drap d’Or of France, Vrai Drap d’Or, Bay Apple, Bonne de Mai, Cloth of Gold, Cressy, Cressy Apple of Beverly, Early Summer Pippin, Embroidered Pippin, Embroidered Apple, White Baldwin, Pomme de Caractere, Fenouillet Jaune, Golden Ball
Origin
France, possibly Brittany; 1628
Season
Fall-winter
Uses
Fresh eating/dessert, Cooking, Fresh eating
Distinctive Features
yellow skin turning brick red, gilded russet, small closed calyx
Resembles
Keepsake, Golden Ball, King David, Kennebec Russet, Dyer, Trail Apple, Burchard’s Reinette
Status of Name
Likely Correct, Not Verified
DNA Information
Will be tested 2021
