Reinette Simirenko
syn. Reinette de Simirenko, Reinette Verte de Simirenko, Reinette Verte Incomparable, Renet Filibera, Renet P. F. Simirenko, Renet Simirenko, Simirenko, Simirenkova Reneta, Wood's Greening, Wood's Grunling, Zelenyi renet Simirenko, Zeleomi renet Simirenko
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in Russia. Found in the garden of P.F. Simirenko in the Ukraine. Described in 1895. Fruits have tender, crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 60-70 mm
- Over colour
- flushed faint brownish orange
- Russet type
- russet in cavity, russet dots
- Flesh colour
- greenish white
- Fruit height
- 52-62 mm
- Skin texture
- waxy
- Flesh texture
- moderately tender and crisp
- Ground colour
- yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- n/a
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- n/a
Source · National Fruit Collection
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