Reinette Courthay
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1948. Origin: Received from Switzerland.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- acid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at apex, slightly ribbed on body
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 70-84 mm
- Over colour
- a little streaked pale orange-red
- Russet type
- rough russet in cavity and on base, russet dots
- Flesh colour
- greenish white
- Fruit height
- 60-71 mm
- Skin texture
- greasy
- Flesh texture
- soft, coarse
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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