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Apple varieties, Belgium

Reinette Descardre

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

Raised in about 1820 by Benoit Descardre, nurseryman of Chenee, Belgium. Introduced in about 1834. Fruits have tender, pale yellow flesh with a sweet, subacid and perfumed flavour.

Where Reinette Descardre came from.

Sources

Reinette Descardre (accession 1947 - 466), 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); the other names.