Green Reinette
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Green Reinette
Origin / History
Not described in source.
Tree
Tree vigorous and healthy, a good bearer.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish, flattened at base, ribbed at apex.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellowish green with a tinge of red.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, aromatic.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December to May (Hogg).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1913) from Illinois
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Reinette Green
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Green Reinette.
Reinette Verte. Groene Renet. Groene Franse Renette. Grüne Reinette.
Tree vigorous and healthy, a good bearer.
Fruit medium, roundish, flattened at base, ribbed at apex, yellowish green with a tinge of red. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, aromatic December to May. (Hogg.)