Schmidtbergers Rote Reinette
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1832 by Liegel at Braunau, Austria. It was named after Schmidtberger, a pomologist at St Florian monastery. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.
Synonyms:
Pomme Schmidberger, Pomme Schmidtberger, Red Winter Reinette of Schmidtbergen, Red Winter Reinette of Schmidtberger, Reinette Red Winter of Schmidtberger, Reinette Rouge de Schmidtberger, Reinette Schmiolbergersrothe, Schmidberger, Schmidberger rothe Winter Reinette, Schmidberger's Red Winter Reinette, Schmidberger's Reinette, Schmidt berger's rote Winter Reinette, Schmidtberger's Rote Reinette, Schmidtberger's Rothe Reinette, Schmidtbergers Renette, Schmidtbergers rothe Reinette, Schmidtbergers rothe Winter Reinette, Schmidtbergers rothe Winterreinette
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Truncate conical 2
Height
54.50 mm 2
Width
63.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Schmidtbergers Rote Reinette
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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