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Reinette van Ekenstein
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1830 by Jhr. Albarda van Ekenstein, Appingedam, Netherlands. Fruits have firm, yellowish flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1949 - 180
- Accession name
- Reinette van Ekenstein
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Oblong conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- very weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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