Reinette de Versailles

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Thought to have originated in about 1730 in Champagne, France. Fruits have rather soft, dry, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1947 - 465   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Reinette de Versailles

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
very weak ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out ^a

Russet
very high ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.