Gold Rush Apples

Name: Gold Rush Apples
Brand: LE MARCHE
SKU: GRUSH100
Price: 8.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£8.00

Net: 800g± (4 large apples) ☆ Staff Choice ☆ Dense, crisp flesh with honey, pear and spice notes

One of the few apple varieties that genuinely gets better with age. Picked late, stored long, and eaten when the tartness has mellowed into honey, pear and warm spice — GoldRush from Mouneyrac is what an apple tastes like when nothing has been rushed.

Gold Rush Apples

£8.00

GoldRush apples (Malus domestica 'Co-op 38') from the Mouneyrac estate in France — a late-season variety bred for flavour complexity and exceptional keeping quality. GoldRush was developed by the Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois cooperative breeding programme in the United States and released in 1994, but it has found a natural home in French orchards where the longer, warmer growing season allows the fruit to develop its full character. The skin is golden-bronze, often marked with patches of russet, and the flesh beneath is dense, crisp and pale yellow.

What makes GoldRush unusual is that its flavour actively improves in storage. Freshly picked, the apple is intensely tart and high in acidity — closer to a cooking apple than a dessert apple. Over weeks and months of storage, the sharpness mellows and the underlying sweetness and complexity emerge: notes of honey, pear and warm spice develop, and the finish lengthens. By the time these apples reach you in the late winter and early spring window, they are at or near their peak — a fully realised eating apple with a depth of flavour that most varieties cannot match. The dense flesh also holds its shape well when baked, making GoldRush an excellent choice for tarts and pies where you want structure rather than collapse. The variety is naturally resistant to apple scab, reducing the need for chemical intervention in the orchard.

Producer: Mouneyrac, France

Ingredients: GoldRush apples (Malus domestica 'Co-op 38')

Storage: Store in a cool place or refrigerate. GoldRush apples keep exceptionally well — several months under refrigeration. Flavour continues to develop in storage.

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Orders placed before 2 PM (Monday to Friday) are dispatched the same day, unless you select a future delivery date at checkout.

Our Delivery Service

We use reliable third-party express courier services and high-quality insulated packaging. While our couriers are generally excellent, occasional delays can happen. We pack everything to stay fresh, even if transit takes a little longer.

Time-Sensitive & Event Orders

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If your order is for a specific event, let us know in the notes section at checkout. We can often dispatch a day earlier to give you the best chance of timely arrival.

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Saturday Delivery

Saturday delivery is available, though please note our couriers don't operate phone support at weekends and our office is closed. For event-critical orders, a weekday delivery gives us more flexibility to help if any issues arise.

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Description

GoldRush apples (Malus domestica 'Co-op 38') from the Mouneyrac estate in France — a late-season variety bred for flavour complexity and exceptional keeping quality. GoldRush was developed by the Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois cooperative breeding programme in the United States and released in 1994, but it has found a natural home in French orchards where the longer, warmer growing season allows the fruit to develop its full character. The skin is golden-bronze, often marked with patches of russet, and the flesh beneath is dense, crisp and pale yellow.

What makes GoldRush unusual is that its flavour actively improves in storage. Freshly picked, the apple is intensely tart and high in acidity — closer to a cooking apple than a dessert apple. Over weeks and months of storage, the sharpness mellows and the underlying sweetness and complexity emerge: notes of honey, pear and warm spice develop, and the finish lengthens. By the time these apples reach you in the late winter and early spring window, they are at or near their peak — a fully realised eating apple with a depth of flavour that most varieties cannot match. The dense flesh also holds its shape well when baked, making GoldRush an excellent choice for tarts and pies where you want structure rather than collapse. The variety is naturally resistant to apple scab, reducing the need for chemical intervention in the orchard.