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Reinette Thouin

syn. Bonne Thouin, Renet Tuen, Thouin's Reinette, Thouins Reinette

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in the garden of M. Gillet de Laumont, Beaumont, near Montmorency, France and named after Andre Thouin. First fruited in 1822. Fruits have firm, crisp, coarse, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
10th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
57.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
51.00 mm
Russet
low-medium
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Weak
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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