REINETTE D’ARMORIQUE
Variety description
Origin:
Traditional French variety
Picking date:
Idared, 15 days after Golden Delicious
Fruit size:
65/75
Uses:
Dessert and cooking apple with good storage potential. To be eaten after December
Tree
Blossom date:
10 days after Golden Delicious
Pollinator:
late-flowering variety: any variety with long or late blossom such as Dalinsweet to be reinforced by Malus Bauflor and Belchard® Chantecler
Pollinisé par:
Vigour:
Strong
Time till first cropping / yields:
Slow to average / average to good yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning:
Verys susceptible to alternate bearing / difficult to thin. Hand thinning is necessary
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases:
susceptible to sunburn, low susceptibility to scab (due to the late blossom and the leaves appearing after bloom)
Fruit
Skin / shape:
rustic appearance, red orange on green yellow background, russetted fruit
Flesh / taste:
firm and juicy
Storage potential:
March in cold store; to be stored at +3°C, April in CA storage
Storage (Cold storage):
March in cold store; to be stored at +3°C
Group:
REINETTE D'ARMORIQUE
