The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Luxembourg

Luxemburger Renette

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

Originated in Luxemburg. It was recorded in 1856. Fruits have fine, fairly firm, greenish or yellowish white flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid flavour.

Sources

  1. Luxemburger Renette (accession 1951 - 188), 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 (mid september); the other names.