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Reinette de France
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Court-pendu de Tournay, Reinette d'Orleans
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1948 - 221
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have firm, yellowish white flesh with a subacid, sweet and slightly aromatic flavour.
- Accession name
- Reinette de France (Nord)
- Flowering time ›››
- 26th May10% flowering
31st MayFull (80%) flowering
8th June90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Flat 1
- Height
- 51.46 mm 1
- Width
- 70.21 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- mottled 1
- Russet
- high-very high 1
- Greasiness
- Weak 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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