RAMBOUR, RAMBOURG

is a variety of apples whose name comes from the Rambour (Somme) district, where they were first cultivated. This fruit ripens in August. There is a White and a Red Rambour.

Excerpted and Adapted from Escoffier, A. and P.H. Gilbert. Edited by Charlotte Turgeon and Nina Froud. 1961. The World Authority. Larousse Gastronomique. The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookery.