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Apple varieties, France

Fenouillet Gris

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

Originated at Anjou, France. It was first described in 1608. Fruits have fine, crisp, white flesh with a sweet and aniseed flavour.

Fenouillet Gris
Where Fenouillet Gris came from.

Sources

  1. Fenouillet Gris (accession 1948 - 482), 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); the other names.
  2. Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).

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