Reinette de Caux

Apple

Reinette de Caux

Origin/History Of French origin.

Tree Vigorous and productive.

Fruit Large, roundish, slightly oblate. Skin yellow, splashed and mottled with bright red in the sun, with many gray dots. Stalk slender. Calyx half closed. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, with agreeable aromatic flavor and subacid taste.

Season January, February.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

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

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Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Reinette de Caux. Of French origin. Tree vigorous, productive. Fruit large, roundish, slightly oblate, yellow, splashed and mottled with bright red in the sun, many gray dots. Stalk slender. Calyx half closed. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, agreeable aromatic, subacid. January, February. (Alb. Pom.)

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

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