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Apple varieties, France

Calville des Femmes

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

Found in 1850 in the garden of Comice Horticole, Angers, France. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.

Where Calville des Femmes came from.

Sources

Calville des Femmes (accession 1947 - 245), 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.