Benedictin

Bénédictin apple tree, also known as Reinette Normande or Bénédictin de Jumièges, is an old apple variety from north-western France, especially associated with Normandy.

It produces large to very large apples, slightly flattened in shape, with yellow-orange skin striped with red.

The flesh is white, tender to fine, juicy, sweet and well perfumed. Bénédictin is suitable for fresh eating, while also being well adapted to cooking, compotes and desserts such as tarte Tatin.

The apples are harvested in October and can be stored into winter, generally until around February in good conditions.

The tree is vigorous and productive, with abundant and regular cropping. Flowering is mid-late, and the variety is not self-fertile, so it should be planted with compatible pollinating apple varieties flowering at the same period.

Possible pollinators include Reine des Reinettes, Golden Delicious, Cox Orange, Reinette Clochard, Reinette Etoilée or other compatible mid-late flowering apple varieties.

We produce this grafted apple tree on several rootstocks, which influence the final size of the mature tree. It is available in several tree forms depending on availability.