Princes Harvest
ApplePrinces Harvest (Early French Reinette)
Origin/History Also known as Early French Reinette. Historical origin and provenance not described in source.
Tree Middling size with growth not very vigorous. Head is round with spreading limbs that lack much symmetry or regularity. A great bearer.
Fruit
Form and Size Form flat; size rather above the middling.
Skin When fully ripe, a beautiful bright straw colour.
Flesh and Flavor White, tender, sprightly, and juicy.
Stalk and Cavities The stalk is long and planted in a deep hollow. The crown is also set in a deep hollow.
Calyx, Core, and Seeds Not described in source.
Season In season during the whole month of July.
Uses A very fine apple for stewing when green. When ripe, a very pleasant eating apple.
Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 2. PRINCES HARVEST, OR EARLY FRENCH REINETTE.
This is a very fine apple for stewing when green, and when ripe is a very pleasant eating apple—the form is flat, the size rather above the middling; the skin when fully ripe, of a beautiful bright straw colour; the flesh white, tender, sprightly, and juicy. The character of this apple stands very high; it is a great bearer, and is in season during the whole month of July: the tree is of a middling size, the growth not very vigorous; the head round, the limbs spreading, without much symmetry or regularity—the stalk is long and planted in a deep hollow, as is also the crown.