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[Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>]

Not much information about such apples...
In Bore and Fleckinger (Pommiers a cidre, varietes de France), there is a
description of Pigeonnet, cider apple from Normandy. It is however a rather
big apple, closer to 3 inches - doesn't really match your description.
I an not sure this will help you very much...
Claude Jolicoeur
Quebec

A 14:17 04.11.19 -0800, vous avez écrit :
>A friend moved to Seattle from Denmark a number of years ago.  About 30
>years ago he returned from a trip back home with some scionwwod.
>Although this apple came from a home orchard in Denmark, it is thought
>to originally be a French apple.  It has red streaks over pink
>background with white flesh.  The apples are small.  The one I tasted
>was about 2 inches in diameter.  It ripens in Seattle in early
>September.  It has a nice balance of sugar and acid.  It has a unique
>taste, possibly a cider apple.  My Danish friend knows it as "Pigshon".
>I think this may be a corruption of "Pigeonnet" which is a class of
>apples grown in France.  Can anyone with experience in French apples
>