Etlins Reinette
syn. Etlin's Reinette, Ettlin's Reinette, Reinette d'Etlin, Reinette Ettlin's
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originally found on the Landenberg estate of pomologist Etlin, in Germany. It was new in 1866. Fruits have fine, crisp flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 1st May (10%) · 6th May (full) · 11th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, slightly subacid, aromatic
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 62 mm
- Over colour
- flushed faint crimson
- Russet type
- thin russet
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white
- Fruit height
- 54 mm
- Flesh texture
- fine, crisp, tender
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 68.17 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 58.79 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Juiciness
- dry
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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