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Golden Reinette

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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated in Europe. It has been known in England since the mid 1600s. Fruits have crisp, yellow flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, subacid
Ribbing
ribbed on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
flat to intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
59 mm
Over colour
flushed and streaked red
Russet type
partly covered and dotted with russet
Flesh colour
yellow
Fruit height
48 mm
Flesh texture
crisp
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Globose conical
Width
73.23 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
65.02 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
very weak
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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