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Apple varieties, France

Reinette de Granville

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

Thought to have originated in Granville (Manche), France. Recorded in 1842. Fruits have fine, compact, white tinged yellow flesh with a sweet, subacid, rich flavour.

Where Reinette de Granville came from.

Sources

Reinette de Granville (accession 1947 - 098), 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.