Fenouillet Rouge

Apple

Fenouillet Rouge

Origin / History

Foreign (Elliott, Thomas).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Small.

Form: Roundish.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Rough, grayish, with dark brownish red; brownish-red (Thomas); dark red (Elliott).

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh firm, sugary (Downing). Quality "Good" (Downing).

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Autumn into January. Downing gives "October, January"; Elliott gives November to January; Thomas, autumn.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

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Fennouillet Rouge. Black Tom, | Bardin. Foreign. Small, roundish, dark red ; flesh, firm. November to January.

[Additional entry in this volume: "Fenouillet Rouge", pp. 191–191]

Fennouillet Rouge. Black Tom, | Bardin. Foreign. Small, roundish, dark red ; flesh, firm. November to January.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Fenouillet Rouge. Bardin. Court-pendu Gris. Fruit small, roundish. Skin rough, grayish, with dark brownish red. Flesh firm, sugary. Good. October, January.

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

Fenouillet Rouge. Small, roundish, rough, brownish-red; firm. Autumn. Foreign.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Bardin Black Tom Court-pendu Gris Fennouillet Rouge Golden Reinette Versaillaise Reinette