English Reinette
AppleEnglish Reinette
Origin / History
The source gives the name Reinette d'Angleterre as an alternate name for English Reinette. Its description appears in A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Roundish, inclining to conical, slightly ribbed.
Stem: Stalk rather long.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Calyx open.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow shaded, marbled, and indistinctly splashed on the sunny side with light crimson.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, crisp, juicy, with a rather rich brisk subacid. Very good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December, January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
The source distinguishes English Reinette from Grosse Reinette d'Angleterre and from English Golden Pippin.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Reinette English
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)English Reinette. Reinette d'Angleterre. This is distinct from Grosse Reinette d'Angleterre, or from English Golden Pippin. Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to conical, slightly ribbed, yellow shaded, marbled, and indistinctly splashed on the sunny side with light crimson. Stalk rather long. Calyx open. Flesh yellow, crisp, juicy, with a rather rich brisk subacid. Very good. December, January.