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Apple varieties, France

Faros

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

Originated in France. It was first described in 1776. Fruits have coarse flesh, with a subacid flavour.

Sources

Faros (accession 1948 - 215), 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 october); the other names.