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Reinette Rouge Etoilee

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Thought to have originated in Belgium or the Netherlands. It was first described in 1830. Widely grown in Europe. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, rather dry flesh with a slightly acid but little flavour.

Synonyms:
Calvill Etoile, Calville Ambree, Calville Etoile, Calville Etoilee, Calville Etoille, Calville Etoillee, Calville Rouge Precoce, Early Red Calville, Etoile, Etoilee, Gwiazdkowe, Herzapfel, Hvezdnata reneta, Meuser's Rote Herbst Reinette, Meusser's Rote Herbst-Reinette, Pomme de Coeur, Pomme Etoilee, Reinette Constellee, Reinette Etoile, Reinette Etoilee, Reinette Rothe Stern, Reinette Saint-Lambert, Renet Rosu Stelat, Renet Zvezdchatui, Renet zvezdciatti, Reneta Gwiazdkowa, Renetta Rossa Stellata, Rote Stern Reinette, Rote Stern Renette, Rote Sternrenette, Roter Stern Reinette, Rothe SternReinette, Star, Star Reinette, Ster Apfel, Sterappel, Stern Reinette, Sternrenette, Sterreinette, Sterrenet, Zoete Reinette
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Mother to:
Rubens
Koningin Juliana
Primus
Atalanta (Netherlands)
Shape
Flat globose 2
Size
medium 2
Height
55.00mm 2
Width
68.00mm 2
Ribbing
very weak 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Amount)
very high 2
Russet
very low 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2

Accession No.
2000 - 082

  

Accession name
Reinette Rouge Etoilee
Flowering time  ›››
9th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register

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