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Antoinette
type: Cider
synonyms: Muscadet de la Seine-Maritime, Muscadet de la Seine-inférieure, Petit Muscadet
summary: Recommended for making a single varietal dry cider. One of several varieties used for the bitter-sweet component of Brittany-style apple cider.
identification: Medium to large size. Round flattened. The skin is greenish over which is a pattern of long, thin, red stripes. Marked with large, light-coloured lenticles. The calyx is large and closed, sometimes partly open and set in a wide and shallow basin. The stem is long and slender, set in a narrow and somewhat deep cavity which is russetted with the brown russet frequently extending over the shoulder of the cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm and juicy. Sweet with a somewhat bitter aftertaste. Aromatic.
uses: Widely used for the bitter-sweet component of Brittany apple cider. Also ranks as one of 30 varieties of cider apples that can be used in the making of Calvados.
origins: Thought to have originated in the orchards around Rouen (France), Widely grown in the Normandy and Brittany regions of northern France, especially in the Pays de Caux and Rouen.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright cone-shaped. Produces moderate to heavy crops.
cold storage: Does not store well but can be sweated for two to three weeks.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab in damp conditions. Very sensitive to powdery mildew and somewhat sensitive to blight.
harvest: Late in the fifth period, sometimes early in the sixth.
juice character: Pale golden. Produces a dry, slightly bitter cider on its own, but usually used for blending.
juice_classification: Bittersweet
pollination group: A
pollination peak: 3
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 3
brix: 12.3
harvest period: 5
sg: 1.05
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