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Reinette de Saintonge
type: Culinary, Dessert, Jelly
synonyms: As is characteristic of apples that have been grown for several centuries, the Saintonge comes with a long list of names. French pomologist André Leroy listed a number of these in his Dictionnaire de Pomologie, Tome III (published in 1873), including Blandilalié, Blandilie, Haute Bonne, Geele Gulderling, Reinette Grise, Haute Bonté, Reinette Grise de Saintonge and Reinette de Saintonge. Other synonyms not mentioned by Leroy are Belle de Saintonge, Gris Baudet and Perasse de Nay. The British pomologist Robert Hogg listed it in his "British Pomology" (published 1851) as Haute Bonté, but noted that is was "a variety of the Reinette Gris, and a very old French apple."
summary: Heavily russetted apple with a slight anise flavour. This heritage variety emerged in the 1500s and is still highly regarded today.
identification: Medium size tending toward large, round conic. The skin is thick, covered with a greyish-yellow russet, marked with an abundance of pale lenticels. The calyx is large and partly open, set in a shallow and wide basin. The stem is stout and somewhat short, rising just slightly above the shoulder of the cavity. Set in a narrow and moderately deep cavity. Sometimes blushed red on the sun-exposed surface.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, very firm and chewy. Moderately juicy, sweet and somewhat sharp, flavourful with anise hints.
origins: While its parentage and origin are unknown, the variety was grown during the early 1600s and possibly earlier in France's Poitevin-Saintongeais region along the Atlantic coastline. It spread across continental Europe and was introduced in Britain during the 1500s. During the1600s, French speaking Acadians from France's coast settled along the eastern shores of what is now Canada and the United States. They brought with them the apples that were familiar to them, including the Reinette de Saintonge. In The Netherlands, where it was called Geele Gulderling, it became well known thanks to the descriptions penned by Dutch pomologist Herman Knoop in 1766.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Up to four months, needs to mature in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest the last half of the fourth period, sometimes early in the fifth.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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