Bodikers Gold-Reinette
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Bodiker, Meppen, Hannover, Germany. Recorded in 1875. Fruits have fine, tender white flesh with a sweet, vinous almost spicy flavour.
Synonyms:
Bodiker's Gold Reinette, Bodiker's Gold-Reinette, Bodiker's Goldreinette, Bodikers Goldreinette, Reinette Bodikers Gold, Reinette Doree de Boediker
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Height
56.50 mm 2
Width
70.50 mm 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
very low 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Bodikers Gold Reinette
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register