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Apple varieties, France

Bonnet Carre

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

Originated from France. Recorded in 1948. Fruits are sweet with a perfumed flavour.

Sources

Bonnet Carre (accession 1947 - 159), 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 (late october); the other names.