pomme de normandie

Oh, oui..de la tarte tatin avec de la creme fraiche !.. The first is hot, the second cold.. the result is delicious. If you plan to come in normandy, i can make you some :D

The French prize their antique apples as welland its most famous and productive apple-growing region is Normandy. One of the most traditional uses of apples is in the making of Calvados, a French apple brandy from Normandys Pay dAuge. Calvados apples includes Binet Rouge, La Marie Mesnard, Clos Renault, Rouge Duret, Rambault, Saint Martin, and Frequin. For making hard cider, the French prefer bittersweet apples such as Belle Fille de la Manche, Bulmers Norman, Dabinett, Tardive Forestiere, Reine des Reinettes, Lady, Michelin, Medaille dOr, Bedan, Reine des Pommes, Trembletts Bitter.

If you ever want to go to Normandy, plan a fall trip to get the maximum culinary experience. Back home, dont forget to try the Tarte Tatina famous French apple dessert baked in a special copper Tarte Tatin pan. According to Susan Hermann Loomis, coauthor of the French Farmhouse Cookbook, the preferred apple for Tarte Tatin is the Boscop, which is similar to a Coxs Orange Pippin, only larger. The Tatin sisters, who created this upside-down apple tart that still bears their name today, ran an inn in the early 1900s in the Loire Valley. If you have never made this delicious dessert you will first need to purchase the aforementioned copper pan. If you have never made this before, I recommend following the lucid directions in Jill Prescotts French cookbook Ecole de Cuisine.

Other famous French apples include the Calville Blanc dHiver which was served with pride to King Louis XIII, the Reinette and the Fameuse. These old-time French apples have been selected and maintained through the centuries for their unique apple chemistries, aromas, and baking, eating, or beverage-producing qualities.
http://www.motherlindas.com/antique_apples.htm

Here's a good picture:
http://www.1847usa.com/washfrank/design4/d413perf.htm

Yes. They certainly did and they certainly are.
There is a famous "apple green" postage stamp (Scott #513) from the U.S. in the 1920s that is also this color.

restsof> Granny Smith are from new-zeland and australia.. but they indeed have this color :)

Granny Smith by any other name

yes, i loooooove greens (and rasberries) :)

Bon vert!!