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Apple varieties, France

Rosa du Perche

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

Originated in France. Described in 1947. Fruits have fairly fine, white flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.

Sources

Rosa du Perche (accession 1947 - 202), 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); the other names.