Pommes des Alpes de Haute Durance

Pommes des Alpes de Haute Durance are fresh apples from the Golden Delicious and Gala varieties and their cross-breeds, grown in the French regions of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes, where there are 300 days of sunshine in a year on average, ideal conditions for the production of fruit.

The apples are placed in cold storage just after the harvest, with a minimum degree of firmness in order to ensure the crunchiness of the final product. They have a great intensity of color, the taste is pleasantly sweet, with a high sugar content, and the texture is tender, crispy and crunchy.

Today, there are almost 170 producers growing these fine apples, which results in about 100,000 tons of apples grown per year and an apple festival that is held every October in the town of Sisteron.