Reinette Descardre apple
Reinette Descardre is a good quality dessert apple. It is a late variety, ready for picking in late September, but unlike most late-season varieties it does not keep particularly well.
The apples have a firm flesh with a sweeet fruity flavor.
Reinette Descardre was raised in the 1820s by Benoit Descardre, a nurseryman from Chenee, near Liege in the French-speaking region of Wallonia in Belgium. It is found throughout Wallonia and also in neighbouring areas of northern France.
Reinette Descardre identification images
USDA identification images for Reinette Descardre
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.
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Origins
- Species: Malus domestica
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Cropping: Good
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-2 months
- Flavor style (apples): Sweeter
- Food uses: Eating fresh
Growing
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Ploidy: Triploid
- Bearing regularity: Regular
Climate
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Identification
- Country of origin: Belgium
- Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
- Fruit size: Large
- Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
- Fruit colour: Orange flush
- Fruit colour: Russet
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Reinette Descardre apple trees for sale:
- Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
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Where to buy fresh fruit
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