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Apple varieties, France

Delvale

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

Raised by nurseryman G. Delbard, Malicorne, France. And introduced during the 1990s. Fruits have sweet, crisp, juicy flesh with a good flavour.

Sources

Delvale (accession 1999 - 015), 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 october).