Reinette Clochard
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in France. Known in the mid 1800s. Fruits have fine, yellowish flesh with a sweet, subacid, perfumed flavour.
Synonyms:
Clochard, Clochard de Gatine, de Parthenay, Reinette de Parthenay, Reinette Parthenaise, Reinette von Clochard, Renet Kloshar, Rochelle, Roux brillant
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Father to:
Cloden
Charden
Size
medium 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Russet
very low 2
Greasiness
Weak 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Accession name
Reinette Clochard
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register