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Apple varieties, France

Abondance

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Thought to be of French origin. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947. Fruits have a rather coarse, dry, white flesh which soon discolours. Flavour is sweet to subacid.

Sources

Abondance (accession 1947 - 260), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october).