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Apple varieties, France

Belle des Buits

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

Originated on the property of M. Guyot de la Rochere, Vienne, France. It was known in the mid 1800s. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh.

Sources

Belle des Buits (accession 1947 - 183), 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.