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à la Faux
type: Cider
summary: A sweet cider apple from the Normandy region of France.
identification: Small to medium size. Flat round, often irregular. Faintly angled sides. Base colour is bright green , sometimes with a pale, reddish blush on the sun-exposed face. Stem is short and medium thickness, set in a somewhat shallow, russeted and irregularly crowned cavity. The calyx is closed and set in a narrow and deep basin.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained and tender. Sweet and aromatic.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading. Biennial.
cold storage: Does not keep well.
harvest: Late in the sixth period
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 6
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