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Apple varieties, France

Reine des Hatives

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

Raised in 1872 by Monsieur Dieppois, Yvetot, France. Introduced to the UK in the 1920s by Dr H.E. Durham and was distributed by H.P. Bulmer & Co. A biennial but precocious cropper. Produces a bittersweet juice. The cider produced form this variety is described as

Reine des Hatives
Where Reine des Hatives came from.

Sources

  1. Reine des Hatives (accession 1989 - 103), 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 september / early october / mid october).
  2. Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 158736 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.

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