Reinette d'Anjou
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to be of either Belgian or German origin. First mentioned in 1817. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet, slightly aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid, slightly sweet, slightly aromatic
- Ribbing
- occasionally slightly ribbed at eye
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- intermediate to flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 63-74 mm
- Over colour
- flushed brownish red and red stripes
- Russet type
- russet dots, russet at base, sometimes on body
- Flesh colour
- creamy white, green core line
- Fruit height
- 54-65 mm
- Skin texture
- slightly tacky
- Flesh texture
- firm, tender, fine
- Ground colour
- yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 74.61 mm
- Height
- 69.26 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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