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Apple varieties, France

Galantine

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

Originated in France. It was described in 1934. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Sources

Galantine (accession 1949 - 153), 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.