Carpentin Reinette.

Reine Graue Reinette. Der Carpentin.

A German Apple. Tree a free grower and good bearer.

Fruit small, roundish oblong, yellowish green, striped and washed with red, dark red in the sun. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, vinous, aromatic. December to April. (Hogg.)

[Additional entry in this volume: "Carpentin", pp. 1214–1215]

Carpentin.

Carpentin Reinette. Petite Reinette Grise.

Of German origin. Tree a moderate grower, forming a round, open head, producing moderate crops annually, often growing in clusters; fruit of small size, but regular, handsome, and of fine quality; valuable as an amateur fruit, and when well known will, no doubt, be in demand for the market.

Fruit small, oblate, slightly angular, nearly regular, entirely covered with a peculiar light red russet, more or less mixed with crimson and russet where exposed, and a few brown dots; stalk short to medium, slender; cavity medium, or rather large, regular; calyx closed; basin round, rather deep, slightly plaited; flesh white, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, with a rich, sprightly subacid flavor; very good; core small. November, February.

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

CARPENTIN

REFERENCES. 1. Downing, 1872:120. 2. Leroy, 1873:205. fig. 3. Hogg, 1884:190.

SYNONYMS. Carnation Apple. CARPENTIN REINETTE (1). Der Carpentin (1). Klein Graue Reinette (1). Petite-Reinette Grise (2). REINETTE CARPENTIN (3). Reinette Carpentin (2).

A little dessert fruit of about the size of the Lady apple, with red-russet skin and highly aromatic flavor. The following description is made from fruit furnished by C. D. Zimmerman, Buffalo, N. Y., who states that the variety has been marketed locally under the name Carnation apple.

TREE.

Tree vigorous, with long, slender shoots (3).

FRUIT.

Fruit small to very small; uniform in size and shape. Form roundish conic to somewhat oblate, regular and symmetrical; occasionally sides unequal. Stem very long, slender. Cavity large, acute to acuminate, deep, broad, symmetrical, often with concentric broken russet lines. Calyx small, closed; lobes short, broad, nearly obtuse. Basin abrupt, shallow to moderately deep, narrow to moderately wide, nearly smooth or sometimes very lightly furrowed, symmetrical, marked with concentric broken lines of russet.

Skin thick, rather tough, dull yellow or with bright red blush, partly smooth but more or less netted or covered with cinnamon-russet. Dots scattering, gray.

Calyx tube small, short, narrow to rather wide, conical or funnel-shape. Stamens nearly basal.

Core axile, medium, often closed; core lines meeting or slightly clasping. Carpels elliptic to round or broadly obovate, emarginate. Seeds dark, medium to below, moderately wide, rather short, obtuse to broadly acute.

Flesh nearly white, sometimes with reddish tinge next the skin, very firm, fine, crisp, tender, very juicy, acid until fully ripe when it becomes subacid, brisk, strongly aromatic, with high flavor and very good quality.

Season December to April (3).

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)

CARPENTIN. Carnation. Gray Reinette. The fruit of Carpentin is handsome, pleasantly flavored, red-russet, not larger than the wellknown Lady, and most suitable for dessert. The origin of the variety is unknown, but it was first described in America by Downing in 1872. It is little grown and deserves wider recognition in home orchards. Tree vigorous, with long slender shoots. Fruit small, uniform in size and shape, round-conic to oblate, regular and symmetrical, occasionally with sides unequal; stem very long, slender; cavity large, acuminate, deep, broad, symmetrical, often with concentric broken russet lines; calyx small, closed; lobes short, broad, obtuse; basin, abrupt, shallow, narrow, smooth or sometimes furrowed, symmetrical, marked with concentric broken lines of russet; skin thick, tough, dull yellow or with bright blush, partly smooth but more or less netted with cinnamon-russet; dots scattering, gray; calyx-tube small, short, narrow to wide, conical; stamens basal; core axile, medium, often closed; core-lines meeting, clasping; carpels elliptic to round or broadly ovate, emarginate; seeds dark, wide, short, obtuse to broadly acute; flesh white, sometimes with red tinge next the skin, very firm, fine, crisp, tender, very juicy, subacid, brisk, strongly aromatic, high in flavor; very good; December to April.

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)