Selwood's Reinette

Apple

Selwood's Reinette

Origin/History
From Lancaster, England.

Tree
A healthy grower and a good bearer.

Fruit
Large, roundish oblate. Skin greenish, mostly covered and striped with red. Flesh greenish white, tender, brisk, pleasant.

Season/Storage
December through March.

Uses
Cooking.

Stem/Cavity/Calyx/Basin
Not described in source.

Core/Seeds
Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.

Other
Description sourced from Hogg, as cited in Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Selwood's Reinette. From Lancaster, England. Tree a healthy grower and a good bearer. Fruit large, roundish oblate, greenish, mostly covered and striped with red. Flesh greenish white, tender, brisk, pleasant. Cooking. December, March. (Hogg.)

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

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