Reinette de Brucbrucks

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1999 - 085   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have firm, fine, tender, creamy white flesh with a subacid, sweet flavour.

Accession name
Reinette de Brucbrucks

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
strong 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
very low 1

Greasiness
Weak 1

Firmness
firm 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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