Our Variety Assessment

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

Reinette des Capucins is a dependable choice for a family orchard. Hardy and excellent in flavour, it produces apples rich in sugar, distinctly sharp and strongly aromatic. The fruit is outstanding for fresh eating and also useful for pies, sauces and juice. Picked in early October, it is mainly eaten from November to January and provides little useful pollen.

Reinette des Capucins

Price range: 26,50 € through 38,00 €

Reinette des Capucins is an ancient French country apple variety, ideal for traditional French cookery and for eating fresh.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

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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

Apple rootstock options

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: 1322 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Reinette des Capucins is a well-regarded old French apple variety, probably originating from the area around Calais.

It is primarily used in the kitchen, where its strong apple flavors hold up well in baking – slices keep their shape when cooked. However its rich sharp acidity and crisp flesh make it an enjoyable apple to eat fresh.

The apples are harvested in early October, and can be kept until January.

Reinette des Capucins is easy to grow, and like many old varieties is a good choice if you are trying to avoid using chemical sprays. Being a fairly weak variety it does best on the more vigorous rootstocks.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Old regional variety from Audruicq-Éperlecques, now an emblematic variety of Hauts-de-France.

Origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Low vigour, preferably grafted on a vigorous rootstock, suited to standard trees and family gardens

Disease behaviour

Scab

Low susceptibility

Powdery mildew

Very susceptible

Canker

Resistant

Pollination

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Harvest calendar

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Additional variety information for Reinette des Capucins is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.