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)

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Flat globose 2

Height
55.00 mm 2

Width
68.00 mm 2

Ribbing
very weak 2

Ground Colour
Yellow 2

Over Colour (Amount)
very high 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Russet
very low 2

Firmness
medium-firm 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2

Accession No.
1955 - 065     check_circle

Accession name
Ten Commandments

Flowering time tree 1
8th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time tree 1
late september 1

Size tree 2
small 1

Type tree 2
Dessert 1

Shape tree 2
Globose conical 1

Height tree 2
51.82 mm 1

Width tree 2
56.28 mm 1

Ribbing tree 2
very weak 1

Crown tree 2
weak 1

Ground Colour tree 2
Green yellow 1

Over Colour tree 2
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern) tree 2
striped/mottled 1

Russet tree 2
low 1

Juiciness tree 2
dry-medium 1

Accession No.
2000 - 082   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Reinette Rouge Etoilee

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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