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Carpentin Reinette

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Carpentin Reinette

Origin/History:
German Apple, also known as Reine Graue Reinette and Der Carpentin.

Tree:
Free grower and good bearer.

Fruit:

  • Size and Form: Small, roundish oblong.
  • Skin: Yellowish green, striped and washed with red, dark red in the sun.
  • Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish white, tender, juicy, vinous, aromatic.
  • Stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds: Not described in source.

Season:
December to April.

Uses:
Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants:
Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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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.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
Der Carpentin Reine Graue Reinette Carpentin