Bodikers Gold-Reinette
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Bodiker, Meppen, Hannover, Germany. Recorded in 1875. Fruits have fine, tender white flesh with a sweet, vinous almost spicy flavour.
Synonyms:
Bodiker's Gold Reinette, Bodiker's Gold-Reinette, Bodiker's Goldreinette, Bodikers Goldreinette, Reinette Bodikers Gold, Reinette Doree de Boediker
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium-large b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat globose b
Height
56.50 mm b
Width
70.50 mm b
Ribbing
absent b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Russet
very low b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
White b
Accession name
Bodikers Gold Reinette
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register