Dutch Mignonne

Dutch Mignonne in J. Lindley (ed.), The Pomological Magazine (1828-1830). J. Lindley (ed.), The Pomological Magazine (1828–1830), via Wikimedia Commons. Source; public domain.

Origin: Netherlands, by about 1771
Parentage: Parents unknown
Uses: Dessert, Cooking
Picked: October, in Brogdale, Kent (the National Fruit Collection)
Skin: ground colour yellow; over-colour stippled and striped red
Flesh: White, tinged green
Flavour: Slightly acid, little sweet, faint aromatic
Ploidy: Diploid
Also called: Belle Reinette de Caux; Casseler Reinette; Caux; Christ's Gold-Reinette; Christ's Golden Reinette; Contor; Copmanshorpe Crab; Copmanshorpe Russet; Copmansthorp Crab; Copmansthorpe Crab; Copmanthorp Crab; Copmanthorpe Crab; Copmanthorpe Russet; Craft Angry; Croft Angry; de Laak; Duitch Mignonne; Duitsch Mignonne; Duitsche Mignonne; Dutch Mignome; Dutch Minion; Dutsch Mignon; Grosse Casseler Reinette; Grosse-Reinette Rouge Tiquetee; Hollandische Goldreinette; Hollandischer Mignon; Mignonne de Hollande; Mignonne Hollandaise; Pater Noster Apfel; Paternoster; Paternoster Apfel; Paternoster Apple; Pomme de Laak; Pomme de Lack; Rawle's Reinette; Rawles Reinette; Reinette de Cassel; Reinette de Caux; Reinette de Holland; Reinette Doree; Reinette Doree de Hollande; Reinette Imperatrice; Reinette von Caux; Stettin Pippin; Stettiner Pepping; Thorpe Grabe; Vermillon d'Andalousie

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Thought to have been raised in The Netherlands. It was brought to England in about 1771 by Thomas Harvey of Catton, Norwich. It was introduced in about 1820 by George Lindley as Dutch Mignonne as its true name was not known. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with slightly acid, little sweet, faint aromatic flavour.

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Altlander Pfannkuchenapfel × Boiken; Germany, 1840
Dulmener Rosenapfel × White Astrachan; Germany, about 1870
King Cole × Jonathan; Australia, by 1912
Neue Goldparmane × Reine des Reinettes; Germany, 1905
Szechenyi Renet × Alantapfel; Hungary, by 1876

Sources

Dutch Mignonne (accession 1953 - 047), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october); the other names.
Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).

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