Reinette Verte (Basses-Pyrenees)

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by NFT 1948. From Grown in Basses-Pyrenees and HauteVienne, France.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed ^b

Ground Colour
greenish yellow ^b

Over Colour
slightly flushed pink ^b

Russet Type
dotted and streaked with russet ^b

Flesh Colour
yellowish, veined green ^b

Flesh Texture
fine ^b

Flavour
very sweet, very perfumed ^b

Accession No.
1948 - 273   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have fine, yellowish flesh with a very sweet and very perfumed flavour.

Accession name
Reinette Verte (Basses-Pyrenees)

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Height
53.88 mm ^a

Width
63.83 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
weak-medium ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register