The World of Apples

Apple varieties, France

Orleans Reinette

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

Thought to be of French origin. It was first described in 1776. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1914 under the name ‘Winter Ribston’ and in 1921 as ‘Orleans Reinette’. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, little juicy flesh with a pleasant, Blenheim-like flavour.

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Sources

  1. Orleans Reinette (accession 1976 - 147), 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.
  2. 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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