Crawley Reinette
AppleCRAWLEY REINETTE
Origin / History
CRAWLEY REINETTE is a recent variety, introduced by Messrs. Cheal. E.A. Bunyard described it in A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920).
Tree
Growth vigorous and little spreading. Fertility is said to be very good. Leaves long, held flat, coarsely crenate.
Fruit
Size: Medium, 3¼ by 3¼.
Form: Round oblong, nearly regular.
Stem: Rather short.
Cavity: Moderately deep, angular, russeted.
Calyx: Eye open.
Basin: Moderately deep, slightly ribbed.
Skin: Pale yellow ground color, covered with a rich red flush and faint inconspicuous stripes. General coloring like King of the Pippins.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: White, crisp, juicy, of fair flavor.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Dessert or culinary use, December to March.
Uses
Dessert or culinary.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Bunyard wrote that this apple "might be described as a later King of the Pippins," but that he had not grown it sufficiently long to speak very definitely of its merits.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)CRAWLEY REINETTE. Dessert or culinary, December to March, medium, 3¼ by 3¼, round oblong, nearly regular. Colour, pale yellow, covered with rich red flush and faint inconspicuous stripes; general colouring being like King of the Pippins. Flesh, white, crisp, juicy, of fair flavour. Eye, open in a moderately deep, slightly ribbed basin. Stem, rather short in moderately deep, angular, russeted cavity. Growth, vigorous, little spreading; fertility said to be very good. Leaf, long, held flat, coarsely crenate. Origin, recent; introduced by Messrs. Cheal. This apple might be described as a later King of the Pippins, but I have not grown it sufficiently long to speak very definitely of its merits.