Reinette Clochard
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in France. Known in the mid 1800s. Fruits have fine, yellowish flesh with a sweet, subacid, perfumed flavour.
Synonyms:
Clochard, Clochard de Gatine, de Parthenay, Reinette de Parthenay, Reinette Parthenaise, Reinette von Clochard, Renet Kloshar, Rochelle, Roux brillant
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Father to:
Cloden
Charden
Size
medium b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Russet
very low b
Greasiness
Weak b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Yellowish b
Accession name
Reinette Clochard
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register