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Orleans Reinette
type: Culinary, Dessert
synonyms: Aurore, Cardinal Pippin, Corneli’s Gold Reinette, Court Pendu Blanc, Court Pendu de Tournay, Court Pendu Dore, Crackling Pippin, Dattenfelder Gold Reinette, Doerell’s Ananas Reinette, Gold Reinette, Harklows Bester, Kirke’s Golden Reinette, New York Reinette, Ronde Belle-Fleur, Schonbrunner Reinette, Shafran, Siegende Reinette, Starklow’s Bester, Triumph Reinette, Vyker Pippin, Winter Ribston, Wygers, Wyker Pippin, Yellow German Reinette
identification: Medium, russetted apple, round and flat in shape with barely discernable ribbing. Base colour is yellow to orange which is almost entirely covered with russet. Some blushing on the sun-exposed face, look for copper or orange patches on fully ripe apples. Large lenticels are scattered irregularly. Look for a mild cheesy smell on the skin which seems to be characteristic of russets. The stem is short and heavy, set deep cavity. The calyx is large and open, set in a moderately deep and wide basin.
characteristics: Flesh is cream-coloured, medium fine-grained, tender and chewy with just a bit of crunch. Dry and sweet with aroma of orange peel and honey, nutty. Let it mature a while in storage to enhance the flavour.
uses: A good cooking apple which maintains its shape and lovely in baked apple recipes. Eaten fresh for its delightful, nutty flavour.
origins: An old European apple grown widely in France perhaps a decade or more prior to 1776 when it received mention by Dutch pomologist, author and teacher of mathematics, Johann Herman Knoop.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading spur bearer. Bears fruit biennually.
Cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading spur bearer. Bears fruit biennually. Well suited to espalier but try to plant it in a warm location to develop the best flavours.
cold storage: It keeps up to three months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to most common diseases.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the first half of the fourth period.
notes: Often considered to be a Bleinheim Orange.
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 17
ploidism: Partly self fertile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 6
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