Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

King of the Pippins, known in France as Reine des Reinettes, is a dependable choice for cool, wet and northern European regions. It produces regular crops of yellow-orange apples heavily flushed with red, with juicy and pleasantly aromatic flesh when fully ripe. The fruit is excellent for eating and holds its shape when cooked, keeping from October into winter.

Reine de Reinettes

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A traditional French dual-purpose apple, which was also known in the Victorian England as King of the Pippins.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

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Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4330 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Reine de Reinettes is typical of the “reinette” style apple, with its flushed orange skin and firm rather than crisp flesh. It is often known by its English name – King of the Pippins.

It has been grown in Europe since the 18th century. Although usually considered a dessert variety, it can also be used for cooking – particularly French-style patisseries, since the slices keep their shape when cooked.

It is a good juicing apple too, the juice has a good robust flavour and can also be used in cider blends.