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Apple varieties, France

Reinette de Metz

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

Thought to have originated in France. Described in 1934. Fruits have fairly fine, tender, white flesh with a sweet, subacid and slightly aromatic flavour.

Sources

Reinette de Metz (accession 1947 - 148), 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 (early october).