Versaillaise Reinette
AppleVersaillaise Reinette
Origin / History
Of French origin. Described in A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).
Tree
Tree vigorous, upright spreading.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Roundish, slightly conic.
Stem: Stalk rather short.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Calyx closed.
Basin: Basin corrugated.
Skin: Yellow, mostly covered with dull russet, a slight tinge of red in the sun.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, fine, tender, moderately juicy, brisk subacid. Good to very good.
Core and seeds: Core small.
Season
December, February.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Versaillaise Reinette. Reinette Versaillaise. Of French origin. Tree vigorous, upright spreading. Fruit medium, roundish, slightly conic, yellow, mostly covered with dull russet, a slight tinge of red in the sun. Stalk rather short. Calyx closed. Basin corrugated. Flesh white, fine, tender, moderately juicy, brisk subacid. Good to very good. Core small. December, February.