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Reinette de Champagne
type: Culinary, Cider, Juice, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Champagne, Glas Apfel, Glas Reinette, Herrenapfel (not to be confused with the Aargauer Herrenapfel and several others that use this as a synonym), Jahr apfel, Kapuziner, Laskrieger, Loskrieger, Mutterapfel, Pomme bien Attaché, Reinette Blanche de Champagne, Reinette de France, Reinette de Friesland, Reinette de Versailles, Reinette Plate de Champagne, Schmalzapfel, Silberapfel, Soskrieger, Taffetinerapfel, Wachsrenette, Weissapfel, Zwiebelapfel
summary: Slices hold their shape and make a flavourful, sweet and slightly tart pie. Also used for juicing and cider.
identification: Small to medium, round-flattened. Smooth, with a greasy feel at maturity. Yellow with small russetted lenticels, sometimes lightly blushed pale pink on the sun-exposed face. The calyx is small and closed, set in a shallow and wide basin. The stem is long and slender, set in a deep and narrow, russetted cavity. Easily bruised.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, coarse-grained, firm and crisp. Rather dry, slightly sweet moderately sweet, with refreshing tartness.
origins: Found as a chance seedling near Champagne (France) circa 1770.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright pyramidal. Spur bearer. Biennial. Bears heavy crops. Grows best in rather moist, loamy soils.
cold storage: Keeps up to six months with best flavours after two months in storage. Bruises easily.
harvest: Ready for harvest late in the fifth period.
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 16
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 24
harvest period: 5
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