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Apple varieties, Germany

Mauss Reinette

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

Raised by Mauss of Herrenhausen, Germany. Recorded in 1874. Fruits have fairly fine, tender, greenish white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid and aromatic flavour.

Where Mauss Reinette came from.

Sources

Mauss Reinette (accession 1948 - 226), 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 october); the other names.