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Apple varieties, France

Reinette Grise de Saintonge

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

A very old variety originating from France. Fruits have firm flesh with a good flavour.

Sources

Reinette Grise de Saintonge (accession 1947 - 140), 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.