Canterbury Reinette

Apple

Origin and History Not described in source.

Tree Moderately vigorous.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, roundish oblate, conical.

Skin: Greenish-yellow.

Stem: Long.

Cavity: Deep.

Calyx: Closed.

Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh and Flavor: White, coarse, juicy, sharp, acid.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season January to March.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Canterbury Reinette.

Reinette de Cantorbery.

Tree moderately vigorous.

Fruit large, roundish oblate, conical, greenish-yellow. Stalk long. Cavity deep. Calyx closed. Flesh white, coarse, juicy, sharp, acid, January to March. (Alb. Pom.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Reinette de Cantorbery Gloria Mundi Melon