Fameuse

Also known as
  • Pomme de Neige
  • Snow
McGann believes this cultivar may be from France or from Canada. Wilson notes that the place of origin is also contested but that the apple may be Canadian or American. It is named fameuse because it was well known and renowned, and also called snow apple due to its white "flesh."
Originated Circa
Blooms in Fall
Available in 1987
From France
Citations:
  • Martin McGann, "Apple Cultivars in the Lower Hudson Valley Prior to 1860" (1987)

    Martin McGann, "Apple Cultivars of the Lower Hudson Valley Prior to 1860," Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (February 1987)