Rouget de Born

Also known as Double de Vilfort

Double de Vilfort

A dessert apple with greenish flesh and green-yellow skin, flat in shape; mildly tart and soft. Picked in mid-October.

Origin · Lozere, France

National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0

Taste & texture

Acidity: subacid
Firmness: soft
Texture: Flesh grain fine

Used for: Dessert apple

How to spot it

Skin: Surface colour OrangeBackground colour Green yellowSurface colour pattern striped
Flesh: Greenish
Shape: Flat
Size: medium-large
Appearance: Surface ridges strong

Origin & family

Where Rouget de Born began

Recorded origin

Lozere

France

Field notes

Original source notes

Fruit & tree

size: medium-large
type: Dessert
shape: Flat
ribbing: strong
firmness: soft
synonyms: Double de Vilfort
coarseness: fine
over colour: Orange
flesh colour: Greenish
ground colour: Green yellow
over colour pattern: striped

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