The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Germany

Osnabrucker Reinette

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

Originated in Osnabruck, Hannover, Germany. It was well established in 1802. Fruits have fine, tender flesh with a sweet and very vinous flavour.

Osnabrucker Reinette
Where Osnabrucker Reinette came from.

Sources

  1. Osnabrucker Reinette (accession 1947 - 070), 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).