Reinette de Macon

Reinette de Macon at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale. National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, via Wikimedia Commons. Source; Open Government Licence v2.0.

Origin: Macon, Seine-et-Loire, France, by 1628
Parentage: Parents unknown
Uses: Dessert
Picked: October, in Brogdale, Kent (the National Fruit Collection)
Skin: ground colour yellowish green; over-colour brownish-red flush and occasional stripes
Flesh: Creamy white
Flavour: Slightly sweet, subacid
Also called: Allman grarenett; Allman laderrenett; Carpentin; Carpentiner (March); Damason Reinette; Damason Renette; Double Reinette de Macon; Double Reinette de Mascon; Double-Reinette de Mascon; Laderrenett; Leder Reinette; Leder-Apfel; Leder-Reinette; Lederreinette; Rainette Double de Mazerus; Reinette Damason; Reinette Damson; Reinette de Damason; Reinette de Mascons; Reinette Double de Damason; Reinette Double de Maserus; Reinette von Damason; Renet Damason; Reneta Damazonska; Styryjskie slynne jablko skorzane

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

Originated in France, probably Macon (Seine-et-Loire). First recorded in 1628. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid flavour.

Where Reinette de Macon came from.

Sources

Reinette de Macon (accession 1948 - 610), 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.

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