Reinette de Macon
syn. Allman grarenett, Allman laderrenett, Carpentin, Carpentiner (March), Damason Reinette, Damason Renette, Double Reinette de Macon, Double Reinette de Mascon, Double-Reinette de Mascon, Laderrenett, Leder Reinette, Leder-Apfel, Leder-Reinette, Lederreinette, Rainette Double de Mazerus, Reinette Damason, Reinette Damson, Reinette de Damason, Reinette de Mascons, Reinette Double de Damason, Reinette Double de Maserus, Reinette von Damason, Renet Damason, Reneta Damazonska, Styryjskie slynne jablko skorzane
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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