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Apple varieties, France

de Flandre

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

Originated from France. It was described in 1876. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid and aromatic flavour.

Sources

de Flandre (accession 1949 - 148), 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.