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Reinette de Macon

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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in France, probably Macon (Seine-et-Loire). First recorded in 1628. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
slightly sweet, subacid
Ribbing
sometimes slightly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
60-80 mm
Over colour
brownish-red flush and occasional stripes
Russet type
almost covered with russet
Flesh colour
creamy white
Fruit height
50-64 mm
Skin texture
somewhat rough, thick tough
Flesh texture
firm, fine
Ground colour
yellowish green
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
absent
Shape
Flat
Width
76.65 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
62.33 mm
Russet
high-very high
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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