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Gold Reinette
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Its origin is unknown but is thought to probably be continental Europe. It has been known in England since the mid 1600s. Fruits have crisp, yellow flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1952 - 178
- Accession name
- Gold Reinette (Estonia)
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
5th MayFull (80%) flowering
13th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- small 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Pink 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Crunch
- crumbly 1
- Juiciness
- dry 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019