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Reinette Grise du Canada
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A russetted sport of Reinette du Canada. Triploid. Origin unknown but known since the early 1800s. Fruits have firm, rather coarse-textured, somewhat dry flesh with a sweet and moderate flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Canada Gris, Graue Canada Reinette, Graue Canada-Reinette, Graue Reinette von Canada, Grise du Canada, Monstrueuse du Canada, Passe Pomme du Canada, Passe-Pomme du Canada, Reinette de Canada (Grise), Reinette de Canada Grise, Reinette du Canada Grise, Reinette du Canada Platte, Reinette Grise, Reinette Grise de Canada, Renet Cenusiu de Canada, Renet seryi kanadskii, Renetta del Canada Rugginosa, Renetta Grigia del Canada, Smaragda, Takapuna Russet
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 60.00mm 2
- Width
- 77.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Russet
- high-very high 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1956 - 065
- Accession name
- Reinette Grise du Canada
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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