Ulmer Reinette

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Found 1920. From Ulm/Baden-Wuttemberg, Germany. Jakob Baumwart. Characteristic deep wide basin composing whole of apex, and wide open eye.

Synonyms:
Unseldapfel

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
tall to intermediate, truncate-conic to conic, convex or almost straight ^b

Fruit Height
46-60 mm ^b

Fruit Width
54-69 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye, slightly on body ^b

Ground Colour
pale greenish yellow ^b

Over Colour
sometimes a golden or orange flush ^b

Russet Type
russet dots and occasional patches, russet at base ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white, soon turns brown ^b

Skin Texture
smooth, greasy ^b

Flesh Texture
slightly soft ^b

Flavour
slightly subacid ^b

Accession No.
1951 - 207   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Germany. Fruits have slightly soft, greenish white flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.

Accession name
Ulmer Reinette

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Greasiness
Strong ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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