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Apple varieties, France

Belle de Magny

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

This apple is of French origin. It was recorded in 1888. Fruits have fine, softish flesh with a rich and subacid flavour.

Sources

Belle de Magny (accession 1947 - 248), 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.