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Reinette de Plouerc

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Received 1948. Origin: Received from France.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
11th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid, slightly sweet
Ribbing
sometimes slightly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
flat to intermediate, conic to truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
57-77 mm
Over colour
almost entirely covered with purplish red flush
Russet type
rings of fine russet in basin, solid in cavity & sometimes on base
Flesh colour
creamy white
Fruit height
49-65 mm
Flesh texture
tender, fine
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
very weak
Shape
Globose conical
Crunch
crisp
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
washed out/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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