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Apple varieties, France

Delorina

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

Raised in 1985 by nurseryman G. Delbard, Malicorne, France and introduced in the mid 1990s.Fruits have sweet, crisp, juicy flesh.

Sources

Delorina (accession 1999 - 014), 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).