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Buttery d'Or
type: Cider
synonyms: Buttery Door, Buttery Dough
summary: Though primarily a cider apple, this British apple is also used for cooking and makes superb apple dumplings.
identification: Medium tending to large. Oblong and irregular shape with distinctly angular faces. The base colour is light green to yellowish over which can be a thin network of russeting. Waxy. The stem is slender and long, set in a deep and narrow cavity which is russeted with rays extending out onto the shoulder. The calyx is open and moderately large, set in a shallow, puckered basin.
characteristics: Sharp
origins: West Dorset (U.K.)
juice_classification: Mild sharp
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
sg: 1.046
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