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Harberts Reinette
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in Westphalia, Germany. It was known before 1828. Fruits have fine, crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid and slightly aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Harbert-Reinette, Harbert's Apfel, Harbert's Rambour Reinette, Harbert's Reinette, Harbert's Reinettenartiger Rambour, Harbertova reneta, Harberts Rambourreinette, Harberts Reinet, Harberts Reinettenartiger Rambour, Harberts Renett, Reinette de Harbert, Reinette Harbert, Reinette Herberg, Renet Garberta, Stiftsapfel
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Mother to:
- Kaiser Wilhelm
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 73.00mm 2
- Width
- 87.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1949 - 040
- Accession name
- Harberts Reinette
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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