Dietzer Rothe Mandel Reinette
AppleDietzer Rothe Mandel Reinette
Origin/History German dessert apple. Downing remarks that it "should bear the test of American palates before being highly praised," suggesting it was not yet established in American cultivation at the time of publication (1900).
Tree A fine grower and productive.
Fruit Medium, roundish. Skin clear yellow with light red, slightly broken into stripes in the sun. Flesh fine, yellowish, firm, juicy, rich, aromatic, subacid.
Season December.
Uses Dessert.
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)DIETZER ROTHE MANDEL REINETTE. A German dessert Apple, which should bear the test of American palates before being highly praised. Tree a fine grower and productive Hogg thus describes it : — Fruit medium, roundish, clear yellow, with light red, slightly broken into stripes in the sun. Flesh fine, yellowish, firm, juicy, rich, aromatic, subacid. December.