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Reinette a Longue Queue
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Reinette a la Longue Queue, Reinette a Longue Quene
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 66.00mm 2
- Width
- 79.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1947 - 198
Received by the National Fruit Trials from France. Recorded in 1831. Fruits have firm, rather coarse, greenish white flesh with a sweetish, slightly aromatic flavour.
- Accession name
- Reinette a Longue Queue
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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