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Apple varieties, France

Belle Fille de la Manche

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

Originated in France. Widely grown in Normandy. Produces a bittersweet cider.

Sources

Belle Fille de la Manche (accession 1999 - 041), 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 september).