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Apple varieties, France

Reaux

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

Originated in France. Recorded in 1895. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.

Sources

Reaux (accession 1948 - 776), 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.