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Apple varieties, France

Delcorf

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

Raised in the 1960s by nurseryman G. Delbard at Malicorne, France. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1973. Fruits are fairly crisp and juicy and very sweet.

Sources

Delcorf (accession 1973 - 103), 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 (early september); the other names.