A pretty yellow-skinned traditional French apple.
Reinette Clochard apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Reinette Clochard
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Offspring of this variety
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United States
- Trevor Roth in Erhard, MINNESOTA
France
- Andrew Dalby in Saint-Coutant, DEUX-SEVRES
- Andrew Dalby in Saint-Coutant, DEUX-SEVRES
- Andrew Dalby in Saint-Coutant, DEUX-SEVRES
- Andrew Dalby in Saint-Coutant, DEUX-SEVRES
- Andrew Dalby in Saint-Coutant, DEUX-SEVRES
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: Unknown
- Originates from: Parthenay?, France
- Introduced: 1800s
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1948-236
Identification
- Country of origin: France
- Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
- Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flesh colour: Cream
- Fruit size: Average
- Fruit shape: Flat-round
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 3 months or more
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sweet/Sharp
- Cooking result: Keeps shape
- Juice style: Sweeter
- Cropping: Good
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Juice
- Picking month: October
- Picking period: early October
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 5 (-29C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Reinette Clochard apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
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