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Reinette de Versailles

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated in about 1730 in Champagne, France. Fruits have rather soft, dry, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
3rd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Crown
very weak
Shape
Flat globose
Crunch
crisp
Russet
very high
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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