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Apple varieties, France

Belle de Longue

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

Originated with Lefant of Longue, France. And introduced by Leroy in 1889. First fruited in about 1884. Fruits have soft, white flesh with a rather insipid flavour.

Sources

Belle de Longue (accession 1950 - 116), 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 (mid october); the other names.