Reinette de France
syn. Court-pendu de Tournay, Reinette d'Orleans
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received by NFT 1948. From France.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid, sweet, slightly aromatic
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed at eye, sometimes on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 67-81 mm
- Over colour
- sometimes orange flush, light red streaks
- Russet type
- russet over much of fruit
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white
- Fruit height
- 51-61 mm
- Skin texture
- rough
- Flesh texture
- firm
- Ground colour
- dull greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 70.21 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 51.46 mm
- Russet
- high-very high
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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