Flanders Reinette

Apple

Flanders Reinette

Reinette de Flandre

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Vigorous, productive.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, roundish.

Skin: Yellow, with grayish red in the sun and near the stalk.

Flesh: Yellowish white, firm, sugary.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

December to January.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), citing Alb. Pom.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Flanders Reinette.

Reinette de Flandre.

Tree vigorous, productive.

Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, with grayish red in the sun and near the stalk. Flesh yellowish white, firm, sugary. December to January. (Alb. Pom.)

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

Reinette de Flandre