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Home » Fruit » Hard Fruit » Apples » Cider Apples » Michelin Apples

Michelin Apples

Michelin are small, conical, ribbed cider apples with pale green skin, and a sweet, astringent taste.

The fruit grows in clusters, and ripens late October / early November.

Cooking Tips

The juice is usually blended with juice from other apples.

History Notes

Michelin Apples were raised by a M. Legrand of Yvetot, Normandy, France, around 1872.

They are named after a man named M. Michelin, who was a cider apple enthusiast. The apples were brought to England in 1884 by the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club.

This page first published: Oct 7, 2006 · Updated: Jun 17, 2018.

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