Grey French Reinette
AppleGrey French Reinette
Origin / History
The Grey French Reinette belongs to a group of varieties of the Reinette Grise, or Gray Reinette. A.J. Downing, in The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), notes that a number of varieties exist within this class, but that the one described is considered by Lindley to be distinct and among the most valuable of its class. It is of French origin.
Tree
Tree a moderate grower and good bearer. Young wood of a chestnut color.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Fruit roundish oblate, broadest at base.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Fruit covered with brownish gray russet.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, moderately juicy, rich subacid.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Fruit in season November, December.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
There are a number of varieties of Reinette Grise, or Gray Reinette. The Grey French Reinette is considered by Lindley as distinct from these and among the most valuable of its class.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1845–1900) from Massachusetts
- Winship's Nursery (Brighton Nurseries , operated by the Winship family), Brighton (Boston) , Massachusetts — 1845 — listed as Reinette Grise
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Reinette Grise
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Grey French Reinette. Reinette Grise. Reinette Franche Grauwe. Reinette Grise Française. There are a number of varieties of Reinette Grise, or Gray Reinette. The one here, however, is considered by Lindley as distinct, and among the most valuable of its class. It is of French origin. Tree a moderate grower and good bearer. Young wood of a chestnut color. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, broadest at base, covered with brownish gray russet. Flesh yellow, moderately juicy, rich subacid. November, December.