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Apple varieties, France

Delnimb

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

Raised in the 1960s by nurseryman George Delbard, Malicorne, France. Fruits have rather coarse, but juicy flesh with a fairly rich, sweet subacid flavour.

Sources

Delnimb (accession 1982 - 199), 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 september).