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Fenouillet Gris
type: Cider, Dessert
synonyms: Anis, Anise Fenouillet, Aromatic Russet (there is cultivar by this name, see Aromatic Russet (Scott) ), Bardin, Cararsay Russet, Caraway Russet, Fenouillet, Fenouillet Rouge (see also Fenouillet Rouge ), Rook’s Nest Apple, Spice, Winter Anis Reinette, Yellow Fenouillet. Fenouillet Gris is also a synonym for the Fenouillet Rouge .
summary: This flavourful, russet apple with its anise flavour emerged in the 1500s continues to be appreciated to this day as a dessert apple as well as for making cider. It is also an excellent choice for making dried apple rings.
identification: Small to medium size and round, tending to round-conic with a slight crown. The skin is dull yellowish tan and extensively marked with a network of greyish russet and washed red on the sun-exposed face. Lenticels are abundant and dark. The calyx is large and open, set in a shallow basin. The stem is short and stout, set in a cavity that can vary from shallow to deep.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and crunchy, dry and very sweet. Aromatic and rich with distinct aniseed flavours. Browns quickly when exposed to air.
origins: Like most Fenouillet type apples, this variety likely originated during the late 1500s in the Anjou region of France. It was included by Pierre Le Lectier in his 1628 "Catalogue des arbres cultivés dans son verger" which listed all of the plants in King Louis XIII's huge estate at d’Orléans. An Aromatic Russet (Scott) emerged in England in the mid-1800s which may well have been either a true Fenouillet Gris or an open-pollinated seedling thereof.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Spur bearer. Needs full sun and minimal margin between daytime and night-time temperatures as well as warm soils in order to ripen properly. Tolerates windy locations.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in storage.
harvest: In the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 5
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