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Apple varieties, France

Bec d'Oie (Cher)

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

Recorded 1947. From France. This is not the Bec d’Oie of Leroy.

Sources

Bec d'Oie (Cher) (accession 1948 - 774), 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); the other names.