Schmidtbergers Rote Reinette

Schmidtbergers Rote Reinette in W. Lauche, Deutsche Pomologie: Aepfel (1882-1883). W. Lauche, Deutsche Pomologie: Aepfel (1882–1883), via Wikimedia Commons. Source; public domain.

Origin: Braunau, Austria, about 1832
Raised by: Liegel
Parentage: Parents unknown
Uses: Dessert
Picked: October, in Brogdale, Kent (the National Fruit Collection)
Skin: Medium, truncate conical fruit; ground colour green yellow; over-colour orange, streaked
Flesh: Greenish; firm
Flavour: Acid
Also called: Pomme Schmidberger; Pomme Schmidtberger; Red Winter Reinette of Schmidtbergen; Red Winter Reinette of Schmidtberger; Reinette Red Winter of Schmidtberger; Reinette Rouge de Schmidtberger; Reinette Schmiolbergersrothe; Schmidberger; Schmidberger rothe Winter Reinette; Schmidberger's Red Winter Reinette; Schmidberger's Reinette; Schmidt berger's rote Winter Reinette; Schmidtberger's Rote Reinette; Schmidtberger's Rothe Reinette; Schmidtbergers Renette; Schmidtbergers rothe Reinette; Schmidtbergers rothe Winter Reinette; Schmidtbergers rothe Winterreinette

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

Raised in about 1832 by Liegel at Braunau, Austria. It was named after Schmidtberger, a pomologist at St Florian monastery. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.

Where Schmidtbergers Rote Reinette came from.

Sources

Schmidtbergers Rote Reinette (accession 1951 - 050), 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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