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Apple varieties, France

Delprivale

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

Raised by nurseryman G. Delbard, Malicorne, France in the 1960s. Introduced in the late 1990s. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a good flavour.

Sources

Delprivale (accession 1998 - 016), 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 (august).