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Bénédictin
type: Culinary, Dessert
synonyms: Benedictin, Bénédictin de Jumièges, Normande, Reinette du Nord, Reinette Normande, Oeil de Nèfle
identification: Medium to large. Round and flattened at the ends, wider than high. The base colour is yellow, washed orange-red and marked with darker red striping on the sun-exposed face. Abundant russet lenticels. The calyx is large and open, set in a shallow basin. The stem is short and set in a deep and wide, russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white when first picked, becoming yellowish in storage. Fine-grained, firm. Juicy, sweet and aromatic.
uses: Dessert and culinary.
origins: Likely originated in Seine-Maritime and widely grown through the Normandy region of northwestern France, notably in the vicinity of Benedictine monasteries, suggesting that the order may have favoured these apples.
cultivation: Vigorous, semi-upright. Bears abundant crops on an annual basis. Does not thrive in damp conditions. Slow to start producing but then bears large harvests annually.
mutations: Reinette de Paris
cold storage: Does not keep well.
vulnerabilities: Sensitive to canker.
harvest: In the fifth period
notes: Very similar to Blenheim Orange , to the point where it may be the same apple.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 5
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